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    Elise K. McCanless

    Associate

    New Orleans
    504-584-9286
    elise.mccanless@phelps.com
    Areas Of Focus
    Insurance

    Elise McCanless advises London market insurers on a variety of insurance coverage matters, including:

      • Professional liability and errors and omissions, specifically of engineers, architects and design professionals  
      • Marine, energy, property and environmental exposure claims
      • Litigation monitoring on behalf of excess insurers
      • Cyber claims

    While in law school, Elise gained insight into the maritime industry in her role as Notes and Comments Editor for the Tulane Maritime Law Journal.

    Insights

    • November 18, 2022

      Louisiana Federal Courts Continue to Follow Nationwide COVID-19 Coverage Trends; Reject Outlier State Court Case…

    Education

    • Tulane University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2022
    • Sewanee: The University of the South, B.A., History, magna cum laude, 2018
    • Tulane University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2022
    • Sewanee: The University of the South, B.A., History, magna cum laude, 2018

    Credentials

    • Louisiana
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    • Louisiana
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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