Carly Jonakin McCleskey works on a wide range of civil litigation matters in both state and federal court.

Carly received her law degree, summa cum laude, from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law as an Ignatian Law Scholar and William L. Crowe Scholar. While at Loyola, she served as the Managing Editor of Print of the Loyola Law Review and competed in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Before law school, Carly attended Rhodes College, where she graduated cum laude with a degree in Political Science and International Studies.

Carly is a member of the Association for Women Attorneys – New Orleans and the New Orleans Bar Association.

Education

• J.D., summa cum laude, from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, 2022
  • Managing Editor of the Loyola Law Review
• B.A. in Political Science and International Studies, cum laude, from Rhodes College, 2016

Clerkship

• Janis van Meerveld of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 2025

Representative Matters

• Represents a putative class of plaintiffs in St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, who have suffered catastrophic damage from multiple chemical releases from the Limetree Bay Refinery
• Successfully represented a carbon storage infrastructure company in a complex eminent domain dispute involving a major oil company’s attempted expropriation of critical project assets.