Lloyd N. “Sonny” Shields

Sonny Shields has over 43 years of experience in construction industry litigation and contracts; construction law; surety law (primarily construction contract bonds); insurance defense (including CGL, first party property and architects’ and engineers’ errors and omissions coverage); products liability; zoning and planning law practice, including administrative hearings; patent, trademark and copyright prosecution and litigation; and general litigation, including appeals.

For over 30 years he has been an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School on the subject of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure and nearly 30 years at Tulane Law School on the subject of Historic Preservation Law. Sonny has delivered more than 200 papers and presents on numerous aspects of construction and surety law and subjects ranging from negotiation and mediation skills and practices.

Bar Admissions

All Louisiana State Courts
United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana
United States Court of Federal Claims
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth and Federal Circuits
United States Supreme Court

Education

Tulane University School of Law (J.D.)
Tulane University School of Architecture (B. Arch. & M. Arch.)

Professional And Civic

Served on the national board of directors for the American Arbitration Association and Former head of Louisiana construction industry panel

Member of Louisiana Supreme Court committee to establish the Civil District Court pilot mediation program: Mediated several hundred cases, primarily in construction

Member of the Louisiana Law Institute Civil Procedure Committee

Active in New Orleans historic preservation: