Andrée Matherne Cullens

Before joining Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens LLC, Andrée Matherne Cullens was a partner for more than fifteen years at Taylor, Porter, Brooks, and Phillips, LLP, one of the largest defense firms in Louisiana. She represented creditors and trustees in bankruptcy proceedings, state agencies and businesses in commercial litigation, banks and financial institutions, and Insurance Receivers in regulatory proceedings. Some of her former clients include Chase Bank, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Louisiana Office of Economic Development, LSU, and the Louisiana Department of Revenue. Ms. Cullens has considerable courtroom experience in both federal and state courts and has been admitted pro hac vice in numerous jurisdictions across the nation, including New York, California, and Florida. The focus of her practice is bankruptcy litigation and commercial litigation. As lead counsel representing an employee of the bankrupt retail store in Campo Electronics, Inc. v. Ross, 247 B.R. 646 (E.D. La. 1998), Ms. Cullens established that severance pay is entitled to an administrative expense priority as a matter of bankruptcy law.

Ms. Cullens served on active duty as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserves during Desert Storm (1991) and earned several commendations before being honorably discharged in 1994. She is an alumnus of the Leadership Council of Greater Baton Rouge, is on the Board of Directors of WRKF (local public radio), served on the board of LSU Hilltop Arboretum, and volunteers with Habitat for Humanity.

Ms. Cullens is a graduate of the University of New Orleans (B.A., 1989) and Louisiana State University (J.D., 1994), where she served as the research assistant for two law professors.

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Louisiana

Since 1994

5th Circuit

Since 2000

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana

Since 1997

U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana

Since 1997

U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana

Since 1999

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 2003

Attorney

Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens

2018 - Current

Partner

Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, LLP

1997 - 2018

Attorney

Vezina and Gattuso, LLC

1995 - 1997

Sergeant

United States Army Reserve

1988 - 1994

Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge

J.D.

1994

University of New Orleans

B.A. (1989)

1989

Army Commendation Medal

United States Army

Louisiana State Bar

Member

Current

Louisiana Association for Justice

Member

2018 - Current

Baton Rouge Bar Association

Member

1999 - Current

American Bar Association

Member

1998 - Current

“Electronic Data Security and Electronic Discovery,” Louisiana Association for Justice Post-Legislative Conference, Wednesday June 27, 2018

Deciphering Suits against State Agencies, BRBA Public Law Section Meeting, March 18, 2015

“May it Please the Court” – Effective Case Presentation at Trial, April 2012, National Business Institute

“Signed, Sealed, Delivered ...” Common Mistakes In Transactions, June 2010, Louisiana State Bar Association

A Practical Guide to Motions Practice, December 2007, National Business Institute