Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson recently sent an unusual e-mail to fellow New Orleans lawyers, asking them if they had jobs for two of their associates. Because litigation stemming from Hurricane Katrina was coming to a close, it no longer needed the associates, the law firm said.
As the mass of litigation spawned by Katrina begins to wind down-and as the statute of limitations for filing suits expires and many cases reach settlement-law firms in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana and Mississippi are feeling the slowdown.
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