Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts


Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

4141 Parklake Avenue, Suite 530, Raleigh, North Carolina 27612

Practice Areas

  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Appellate Practice
  • Bad Faith
  • Bankruptcy
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Complex Litigation
  • Construction Litigation
  • COVID-19/Coronavirus
  • Employment Litigation
  • Employment Practices Liability
  • Energy
  • Environmental Litigation
  • ERISA
  • Health Care
  • Insurance Coverage & Defense
  • Intellectual Property
  • Jones Act
  • Labor and Employment
  • Litigation
  • Oil and Gas
  • Personal Injury
  • Premises Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Railroad Law
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Reinsurance
  • Securities
  • Tax Litigation
  • Toxic Torts
  • Tort Litigation

About Us

With offices positioned along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida, Phelps Dunbar is a regional law firm of nearly 270 attorneys uniquely equipped to serve clients in the major commercial centers of the burgeoning "Third Coast" of the United States. Locations in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Tupelo and Gulfport, Mississippi; Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; Tampa, Florida; Mobile, Alabama as well as Raleigh, North Carolina; and London, England enable Phelps Dunbar to serve clients not only along the Third Coast, but also the South, nationwide and abroad.

Regardless of a client's size or stage of development, we believe that successful legal representation begins with a clear understanding of our client's business, industry and objectives, followed by collaboration with the client to achieve the best possible results. Our lawyers and our support staff work together to deepen client relationships through a commitment to understanding their businesses and their goals, and we strive to advance our clients' interests by providing excellent, effective and efficient legal services and creative solutions across all areas of our practice.

Additional Locations

  • New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Canal Place
  • 365 Canal Street, Suite 2000
  • New Orleans, Louisiana 70130-6534
    • Telephone: 504-566-1311
    • Fax: 504-568-9130
  • Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • II City Plaza
  • 400 Convention Street, Suite 1100
  • P.O. Box 4412 (70821-4412)
  • Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802-5618
    • Telephone: 225-346-0285
    • Fax: 225-381-9197
  • Jackson, Mississippi
  • 4270 I-55 North
  • P.O. Box 16114 (39236-6114)
  • Jackson, Mississippi 39211-6391
    • Telephone: 601-352-2300
    • Fax: 601-360-9777
  • Tupelo, Mississippi
  • One Mississippi Plaza
  • 201 South Spring Street, Seventh Floor
  • P.O. Box 1220 (38802-1220)
  • Tupelo, Mississippi 38804
    • Telephone: 662-842-7907
    • Fax: 662-842-3873
  • Gulfport, Mississippi
  • 2602 13th Street, Suite 300
  • Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
    • Telephone: 228-679-1130
    • Fax: 228-679-1131
  • Houston, Texas
  • 910 Louisiana Street, Suite 4300
  • Houston, Texas 77002
    • Telephone: 713-626-1386
    • Fax: 713-626-1388
  • Tampa, Florida
  • 100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 2000
  • Tampa, Florida 33602-5311
    • Telephone: 813-472-7550
    • Fax: 813-472-7570
  • Mobile, Alabama
  • 101 Dauphin Street, Suite 1000
  • P.O. Box 2727 (36652-2727)
  • Mobile, Alabama 36602
    • Telephone: 251-432-4481
    • Fax: 251-433-1820
  • London, United Kingdom
  • Lloyd's, Suite 725, Level 7
  • 1 Lime Street
  • London, United Kingdom EC3M 7DQ
    • Telephone: 011-44-207-929-4765
    • Fax: 011-44-207-929-0046
  • Dallas, Texas
  • 2102 E. State Highway 114, Suite 207
  • Southlake, Texas 76092
    • Telephone: 817-488-3134
    • Fax: 817-488-3214

Client Information

Insurance Clients

*Principal outside law firm as designated by insurance companies

Personnel Information

Members of the Firm


Thomas M. Contois

Raleigh, NC

Admitted
  • South Carolina, 2017
  • North Carolina
  • District of Columbia
Memberships:
  • North Carolina Bar Association (Insurance Law Section)
  • South Carolina Bar (Torts and Insurance Practice Section)
  • Loss Executives Association
  • Property Loss Research Bureau
Education:
  • Duke University, A.B., 1986
  • Duke Law School, J.D., 1990

Nathan A. Huff

Raleigh, NC

Admitted
  • Massachusetts, 2004
  • North Carolina, 2010
  • Georgia, 2018
Memberships:
  • American (White Collar Committee), North Carolina (Military & Veterans Affairs Committee) and Tenth Judicial District Bar Associations
Education:
  • Wake Forest University, B.A. Political Science, 2001
  • The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, J.D., 2004

Robert Mills Kennedy, Jr.

Raleigh, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 2007
  • South Carolina
Education:
  • University of Pennsylvania, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2002
  • The University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D. (with high honors), 2007
Honors:
Order of the Coif; Holderness Moot Court Bench

Kevin O'Brien

Raleigh, NC

Admitted
  • Florida, 2001
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina
  • U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Eleventh Circuits
Memberships:
  • The Florida, North Carolina State and South Carolina Bars
  • Wake County and Tenth Judicial District Bar Associations
Education:
  • Florida State University, B.S. (magna cum laude), 1997
  • Florida State University College of Law, J.D. (Order of the Coif), 2001

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