Rebekka Veith is founding member of the firm. Her diverse practice includes appellate work, class actions/mass actions/MDLs, fraudulent transfer and specialized bankruptcy litigation, and insurance coverage cases.

Rebekka is known by her clients for being diligent and for her ability to resolve issues cordially but without concession. She currently represents a Louisiana law firm in protecting its interests in hurricane cases acquired from an out-of-state law firm that was barred from practicing in Louisiana due to extensive professional misconduct. She was also part of a team that prosecuted securities fraud claims assigned by investors to Craig Jalbert, Liquidating Trustee of German Pellets Louisiana and Louisiana Pellets, Inc., against Raymond James as underwriter of over $330 million of public finance municipal bonds used to construct a wood pellet manufacturing facility.

As a seasoned attorney, Rebekka has successfully handled all aspects of litigation, from initiating lawsuits to arguing appeals. In the last five years alone, Rebekka has completed five jury trials; most recently, she tried a case on behalf of a charter school and the Orleans Parish School Board related to defective construction work at a school building that resulted in the displacement of school children. The month-long trial was held in Orleans Parish Civil District Court and concluded in early February 2025 with a verdict that will total $10 million with interests and costs for the firm’s clients.

She has also tried cases to the bench and has participated in multiple complex arbitrations.

Rebekka is committed to educating the next generation of lawyers. Since 2023, she has presented on “Trial Skills” at Justice Camp events hosted by the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. And since the 2022-23 school year, she has served as a Trial Advocacy: General Litigation lecturer at Tulane University Law School, her alma mater. Rebekka also serves as an assistant bar examiner for the Louisiana Bar Torts exam.

Rebekka serves as the 2025-2026 Treasurer of the Federal Bar Association – New Orleans Chapter’s Younger Lawyers Division Board. She is a member of the New Orleans Bar Association and the Association for Women Attorneys – New Orleans. She also serves on the Advisory Board of Editors for Tulane Law Review.

Active in the community, Rebekka is Vice Chair on the Board of Directors for HandsOn New Orleans, a nonprofit organization that creates and manages service projects relating to public school revitalization, youth recreation, neighborhood development, urban gardening, and environmental restoration. She is also a member of GNO, Inc.’s NextGen Council, a group of emerging leaders from across the greater New Orleans region. Rebekka sits on the Board of Trustees for Camp Hardtner in Pollock, La., and is an involved alumnus of Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans.

Rebekka received her law degree cum laude from Tulane. In law school, she was elected the Senior Managing Editor of the Tulane Law Review and served on the Dean’s Advisory Committee. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Dee D. Drell of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

Rebekka is recognized among the 2026 Best Lawyers in America® for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Construction, and Litigation – Environmental, and she was a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America from 2021 through 2025. Rebekka has also been named to Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under List – South since 2023 and is a “Future Star” for 2026. She is a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Business Litigation, Civil Litigation, Environmental Litigation, and Bankruptcy: Business.

Education

• J.D., cum laude, from Tulane University Law School, 2014
  • Senior Managing Editor of the Tulane Law Review
• B.A. in English, cum laude, from University of North Carolina, 2010
• B.A. in History, cum laude, from University of North Carolina, 2010

Clerkship

• Clerk to the Honorable Dee D. Drell of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, 2014-2015

Publications / Presentations

• Speaker, “Reasonable Certainty: A Legal Perspective on Calculating Future Damages,” Society of Certified Public Accountants 2025 Forensic, Litigation & Valuation Services Conference (Aug. 2025)
• Speaker, “Level Up Learning: Voir Dire,” Louisiana State Bar Association CLE Seminar (May 2025)
• Speaker, “Bringing Your Case to Life: Mastering Direct Examination and Witness Prep,” Louisiana State Bar Association Trial Mastery Seminar (Apr. 2025)
• Speaker, “Opening and Closing Statements,” NBA/Judicial Council of Louisiana and CLE of Louisiana – Part 2: CLE in DC (Feb. 2025)
• Speaker, “How a Legislative Session Impacts Pre-Trial and Trial Practice,” Louisiana State Bar Association Trial Practice Seminar (Dec. 2024)
• Speaker, “Practicing in State and Federal Court,” New Orleans Bar Association Big Easy Bootcamp (Oct. 2024)
• Speaker, “Trial Skills,” New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association Justice Camp (June 2024)
• Speaker, “Trial Skills,” New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association Justice Camp (June 2023)
• Lecturer, “Trial Advocacy: General Litigation,” Tulane University Law School (Fall 2022 through the present)
• “Surviving Depositions and Cross-Examinations,” Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants 2022 Forensic, Litigation & Valuation Services Conference (Oct. 2022)
• “Practicing in State and Federal Court,” New Orleans Bar Association Big Easy Bootcamp (Oct. 2022)
• “Complex Commercial Damages,” Nashville Bar Association Federal Practice Seminar (Nov. 2018)
• “Practicing in State and Federal Court,” New Orleans Bar Association Big Easy Bootcamp (Oct. 2018)
• “Understanding Louisiana Groundwater Rights,” Louisiana Water Laws & Regulations, Half Moon Seminars (Apr. 2017)
• “Interstate Water Issues,” Louisiana Water Laws & Regulations, Half Moon Seminars (Apr. 2017)
• “Misspending for Youth: School Vouchers in Louisiana Are a Legally Unsound, Short-Term Fix for a State in Need of Public Education Reform,” 88 Tul. L. Rev. 369 (Dec. 2013)

Representative Matters

Rebekka currently represents or has recently represented:

• Represents a Louisiana law firm in disputes with a Texas law firm that solicited Louisiana clients following Hurricanes Laura and Katrina. See MMA Law Firm, PLLC v. Morris Bart, LLC, No. 4:24-CV-4446, 2026 WL 184214 (S.D. Tex. Jan. 23, 2026).
• Represented Louisiana homeowners in obtaining rulings that the same Texas law firm was not entitled to recover any fees due to their misconduct. See
• Successfully opposed a summary judgment motion filed by Raymond James in a securities lawsuit in which Raymond James argued that claims assigned by bondholders to a bankruptcy trustee were untimely filed, leading to the resolution of that suit in a favorable settlement. Jalbert v. Raymond James & Assocs. Inc., No. CV 23-505, 2025 WL 1805862 (W.D. La. June 30, 2025).
• Defended a carbon capture & storage company and Louisiana landowner in multiple suits arising out of attempts to expropriate a pipeline
• Obtained a favorable jury verdict on behalf of the Orleans Parish School Board and a charter board in a lawsuit arising out of defective construction work at a school building.
• 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; the case involves multiple state and federal causes of action and hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
• Obtained a “no duty” summary judgment dismissal of negligence claims asserted against a roofing manufacturer arising out of Hurricane Ida damage. St. Charles-Guillot Inv., LLC v. One Source Roofing, Inc., No. CV 23-30, 2025 WL 71877, at *1 (E.D. La. Jan. 10, 2025)
• Obtained a jury verdict in favor of a hospitality company finding that the company’s leases with an apartment building owner were maintained due to the lessor’s failure to remediate mold, which was affirmed on appeal. Sonder USA, Inc. v. 635 N. Scott St., L.L.C., No. 22-30360, 2023 WL 6458851, at *1 (5th Cir. Oct. 4, 2023)