Phelps New Orleans Office Featured in CityBusiness “Best Places to Work"
NEW ORLEANS — December 21, 2021 — New Orleans CityBusiness named Phelps one of its Best Places to Work in for 2021. The list celebrates companies chosen by employees for their benefits, opportunities for advancement and workplace culture. This is the 13th year Phelps has been recognized.
Phelps made the list of the city’s top 35 companies with more than 50 employees, in part because of the firm’s focus on diversity and building a positive work environment. In an interview with the publication, associate Samantha Coughlin described how, after moving to New Orleans to join the firm, Phelps went “above and beyond to welcome me to this city and integrate me in the community.”
Pablo Gonzalez, practice coordinator for Phelps’ New Orleans insurance group, echoed this sentiment and shared how the firm’s 13 offices worked together to help displaced employees after Hurricane Ida. This commitment to taking care of each other is something Aladdin Lombard, a 32-year veteran of Phelps’ facilities team, has often witnessed in his time at the firm. “The firm goes above and beyond for their employees, and we all feel like one big family,” he said.
"Best Places to Work” recognizes companies that keep employee satisfaction and engagement a priority year after year. Businesses submit extensive information on their workforce data to be considered. Then, employees complete surveys to measure workplace culture, which helps to determine the final rankings.
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Phelps is a full-service law firm of more than 350 attorneys. We blend valuable traditions and progressive ideas to foster a culture of collaboration among our lawyers in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, and London. Our six core practice groups — admiralty, business, health care, insurance, labor and employment, and litigation — work together to offer clients a progressive, diverse practice and partnership that handles a broad range of sophisticated business needs regionally, nationally, and internationally.