Of Counsel
New Orleans
201 St. Charles Ave.
45th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70170
T: 504.569.1643
F: 504.582.1233
fbradley@kingkrebs.com

Education
  • Tulane University, J.D., 1973
  • Tulane University, B.A., English literature, 1968
Bar and Court Admissions
  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • New Orleans Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel

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Frederick W. Bradley

Fred Bradley joined King, Krebs & Jurgens in 2007 with a specialty in business litigation.  He has represented clients in numerous substantive areas, including claims based on breach of contract, unjust enrichment, detrimental reliance, and fraud.  He has extensive experience in defending tort and class action suits based on personal injury and claimed product defects.  He has also represented clients in cases involving trademark, copyright, and patent infringement, as well as false advertising.

Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, Fred pursued his undergraduate degree at Tulane University, where he earned a B.A. in English literature in 1968.  After two years in the U.S. Army, including service in Vietnam, he entered Tulane Law School, where he was elected to the Tulane Law Review in 1971 and served as the Comments Editor from 1972-73.  He won the Law Review’s best writing awards for both 1972 and 1973 and upon graduation was elected to the Order of the Coif.

Prior to joining King, Krebs & Jurgens, Fred practiced for over twenty-six years with the firm of Liskow & Lewis in New Orleans.  He was the head of its Tort and Insurance Section.  He later joined the firm of Oreck, Bradley, Crighton, Adams & Chase in 1999 and practiced there until 2006.  Fred has briefed and argued over fifty appeals to Louisiana courts of appeal and the Supreme Court of Louisiana.  He has tried cases in all federal courts within Louisiana and has argued several cases before the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

 REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS:

  • Represented class action defendants in the following reported decisions:

    • Adams v. CSX Railroad (New Orleans Tank Car Litigation), 615 So.2d 476 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1993).
    • Clement v. Occidental Chemical, 699 So.2d 1110 (La. App. 5th Cir. 1997).
    • Blank v. Sid Richardson Carbon & Gasoline Co., 712 So.2d 630 (La. App. 1st Cir. 1998).
    • In re Gas Water Heater Products Liability Litigation, 711 So.2d 264 (La. 1998).
    • Bodner v. Oreck Direct, LLC, 2006 WL 2925691 (N.D. Cal. 2006).
    • Defeated assertion of alleged defense and plaintiff classes in Garrison v. St. Charles General Hospital, Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans (Hepatitis C cases).
  • Represented a pharmaceutical company in successful defense of claim by inventor seeking recognition of implied contract for development of ophthalmic equipment (jury trial, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, March 1997).
  • Represented oil producing companies in claims against former employees for receiving “kickbacks” from oilfield contractors. 

  • Represented a major oil company in defense of claim by Louisiana company for interest in El Salvador power plant.  Walk Haydel & Associates, Inc. v. Coastal Power Production Co., 720 So.2d 372 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1998).

  • Represented a medical product supplier in claim for damages for products sold into “grey market” in Kendall Co., v. Southern Medical Supplies, Inc., 913 F.Supp. 483 (E.D. La. 1996).

  • Represented auto manufacturers and dealerships in redhibition and product liability cases.

  • Represented NL Industries in “lead paint” litigation (defeating plaintiffs’ claims and potential class action on grounds of prescription and inability to pursue “market share” theory in Louisiana):

    • Housing Authority of New Orleans v. Standard Paint and Varnish Co., 612 So.2d 916 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1993).
    • Gould v. Housing Authority of New Orleans, 595 So.2d 1238 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1992)
    • Spells v. Housing Authority of New Orleans, 612 So.2d 920 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1993)
    • Jefferson v. Lead Industries Ass’n, Inc., 106 F.3d 97 (5th Cir. 1997) (argued on behalf of all defendants and established rejection in Louisiana of “market share” theory of liability).
  • Represented nationally prominent vacuum manufacturer in various claims involving patent and copyright infringement and false advertising

      Honors & Recognition

      • Martindale-Hubbell AV-Preeminent Rated (5.0 out of 5)
      • Editor, Tulane Law Review
      • Order of the Coif

      Professional & Community Affiliations

      • New Orleans Bar Association
      • Louisiana Bar Association
      • American Bar Association
      • Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel