Attorney Profiles
Andrew A. Lemmon andrew@lemmonlawfirm.com
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Andrew A. Lemmon is a New Orleans born trial attorney who has practiced law in Louisiana for twenty years. For approximately the last seventeen of those years, he has worked on many cases in the field of environmental law, toxic torts and other complex litigation, and municipal tax collection. He has also worked on numerous class actions, shareholder or securities cases, and other litigation and legislative matters.
Andrew earned a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) in Environmental Law from the George Washington University National Law Center, a Juris Doctor from Loyola University in New Orleans, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Louisiana State University in 1984. He also served as an intern for the United States Department of Justice in the Environmental Enforcement Section and represented the City of New Orleans in the Agriculture Landfill litigation when the United States government sought access to the city owned property at the site.
Andrew is also a Qualified Domestic Mediator.
Andrew is on the Board of Directors of Reach Out America, an organization formed to assist evacuees after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; Louisiana Bayou Keeper, Inc., an affiliate of Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc.; Krewe of Chronos, a Mardi Gras krewe; Mardi Gras Lacrosse Tournament; Public Justice Foundation; American Association of Justice; and a number of other social, civic, and charitable organizations.
He is the oldest of six children and the proud father of Stuart Thomas Lemmon, a third grader in Orleans Parish Public Schools.
Experience in Toxic Mass Tort/Complex Litigation
Irma L. Netting irma@lemmonlawfirm.com
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Irma L. Netting was born in Somers Point, New Jersey. She joined the Lemmon Law Firm in 2002, after practicing law in New Jersey for ten years. Before moving to Louisiana, she successfully operated a New Jersey solo practitioner firm handling personal injury, wills and estate administration, complex land use and real estate matters, municipal government law, and municipal in rem foreclosures. She previously represented the City of Egg Harbor, the City of Estelle Manor, and the Hammonton Planning Board, all while practicing in New Jersey.
Her work with the Lemmon Law Firm encompasses such areas as personal injury, wills and successions, interdictions, real estate, and appeals.
She is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law, where she was the recipient of the Ford Foundation International Law Scholarship and a participant in the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Team, Stockton State College, where she was a participant at the Center for the Study of the Presidency in Washington, D.C, and graduated summa cum laude, and Atlantic Community College, where she was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society and graduated with High Honors.
She is admitted to practice in all State courts and Federal District Courts in Louisiana. In addition, she is licensed in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. She is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Federal Bar Association, and the St. Charles Parish Bar Association. She is a member of, and does volunteer work for, the St. Charles Council on Aging. She is also a member of the Back to the 50’s Dance Club.
Her hobbies include scuba diving, snowshoeing, kayaking, dancing, and marathoning.
Harry T. Lemmon htlemmon@bellsouth.net
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Harry T. Lemmon was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana from 1980 to 2001. Prior to his election to the Supreme Court, he served on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal for ten years.
Justice Lemmon received his J.D., cum laude, from Loyola University School of Law, where he was a member of Law Review, the Blue Key Honor Society and the Alpha Sigma Nu Honorary Fraternity. He is married to Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, who is a Judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District, and is the father of Andrew Lemmon, Lauren Lemmon, Roslyn Lemmon and Jake Lemmon, who are attorneys, Dr. Carla Lemmon, a psychologist, and Patrick Lemmon, a sociologist.
Justice Lemmon served on the adjunct faculty of Loyola University School of Law and taught courses at Louisiana State University Law Center and Tulane University School of Law. He was the Chair of the Louisiana Judicial College for 25 years and the Chair of the Education Committee of the Appellate Judges Education Institute.
Justice Lemmon is or was a member of the Loyola University School of Law Visiting Committee, the American Bar Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Appellate Judges Conference, the Institute of Judicial Administration, the Board of Directors of the American Judicature Society and the American Inns of Court Board of Trustees. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Loyola and is an honorary member of the order of the Coif and the Hall of Fame of L.S.U. Law Center. Professional awards include Louisiana Bar Foundation Jurist of the Year in 2001 and Loyola Law Alumni St. Ives Award in 2002.
James “Jake” Lemmon jake@lemmonlawfirm.com
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James “Jake” Lemmon, a 1997 Loyola graduate who focuses on criminal law, started out his practice as a prosecutor in Orleans Parish for three years, followed by three years in Livingston Parish. He now serves as a public defender in Jefferson Parish and has a private criminal defense practice in surrounding parishes.