Daniel Snellings Attorney

Dan brings more than 30 years of complex state and federal litigation experience to the Laborde Earles team, representing injured victims in cases ranging from automobile and maritime claims to product liability and toxic torts. A Louisiana native and Tulane Law graduate with an M.B.A. from Loyola University, he has practiced in most Louisiana parishes and is a lifelong Saints fan and avid fisherman.

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Dan’s work goal is to utilize his extensive litigation experience as a valued member of the Laborde Earles litigation team to provide injured victims with high-caliber, expeditious, successful legal representation. For over thirty years Dan has stood firm to these goals, handling large-loss complex state and federal court litigation in the following areas: automobile/eighteen-wheeler negligence, class actions, maritime, product liability, sexual abuse, premises liability, toxic torts, and breach of contract. 

Prior to obtaining his law degree from Tulane Law School, Dan worked consulting minority-owned businesses on behalf of the Small Business Administration while obtaining his M.B.A. from Loyola University. Dan is a Louisiana native and has practiced before forty-four of the state’s sixty-four parishes. Dan is an avid Saints fan and fisherman, having caught 399 different species of fish on hook and line. Dan has been married for thirty-five years, and has four children and two grandchildren.

About Daniel Snellings

Education

  • Tulane Law School, J.D., Assoc. Editor, Tulane Environmental Law Journal and law school newspaper.
  • Loyola University, M.B.A., Magna Cum Laude. Minority business advisor for S.B.A.
  • Trinity University, B.S., Business Administration and Journalism, Broadcasting and Film.
  • Newman High School, member of State AA back-to-back basketball championship teams.

Bar Admissions

  • Licensed to practice law in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida.
  • Admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida; Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; the Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi, and federal courts in Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee, New York, and Ohio.
  • Litigated pro hac vice in state courts in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Wyoming, Utah, New York, and Arizona.

Activities, Achievements, & Awards

  • Martindale-Hubbell- Peer-Review Rated.
  • Highest ethical and client distinction ratings by Martindale Hubbell.
  • New Orleans Magazine, 2022 Best Maritime Attorneys in New Orleans. Listed as one of the top three personal injury attorneys in New Orleans based upon fifty internet metrics by ThreeBest Rated.
  • National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Certificate- Building Trial Skills.
  • Member, Vero Beach Finance Committee 2007-2011;
  • Special Editor, Tulane International Environmental Law Symposium 2002,
  • Honorary Chairman, Florida Small Business Advisory Council 2003;
  • Member, Presidential Business Commission 2003-2004.
  • Red-Cross volunteer.
  • Lecturer for CLE in Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
  • Member, Hermes Carnival Krewe 2015-present. Caught 399 different species of fish on hook and line.

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