Nena Eddy represents owners, contractors and businesses in commercial and construction-related disputes. She builds litigation strategies and tries cases in state and federal courts to resolve:
- Construction defect claims
- Contract breaches
- Delay, scope-of-work and payment disputes
- Preliminary injunctions and emergency proceedings
- Property damage claims
Nena has served on trial teams in complex commercial, construction and regulatory disputes, defending clients against claims involving novel legal issues and significant exposure.
While in law school, Nena served as a student ambassador, class representative and articles editor of the Louisiana Law Review.
Experience
- Defeated a subcontractor's claim for unpaid funds in partial summary judgment win, securing a federal court ruling that the client's termination of the subcontractor for cause was proper and warranted.
- Second-chaired a three-day federal bench trial involving a case of first impression after cybercriminals diverted more than $1 million through a sophisticated business email compromise (BEC) fraud scheme targeting vendors and their customers.
- Obtained multiple bench trial victories across Louisiana for a midstream pipeline company arising out of the construction of a $1 billion natural gas-gathering pipeline.
- Represented state regulator at trial to secure a defense verdict finding state regulator not at fault for $400 million in losses arising from the second-largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history.
- Successfully defended a landowner against a preliminary injunction seeking to halt longstanding activities on residential property based on allegations of nonconforming use, securing a favorable ruling allowing the landowner to continue using his property for its longstanding purpose.