Audrey is an associate in the New Orleans office. Since joining the firm, her practice primarily focuses on complex commercial litigation. She also has experience in construction litigation and surety law.
Audrey graduated from Tulane University Law School in 2021, where she received a certificate in Civil Law in addition to her law degree. At Tulane, Audrey was a member of the Tulane Law Review, serving as Senior Managing Editor and winning the Gertler Law Review and Class of 2000 Law Review Awards. While in law school, Audrey also excelled in Trial Advocacy and received the James A. Wysocki Trial Advocacy Award and the Cicero C. Sessions Award. She was an extern for the Honorable Judge Joy Cossich Lobrano of the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and received certifications in negotiation and mediation from Tulane and Humboldt University in Berlin.
Prior to attending law school, Audrey graduated summa cum laude from Louisiana State University in 2018 with degrees in English and Sociology.
J.D., Tulane University Law School (2021); Senior Managing Editor, Tulane Law Review
B.A., summa cum laude in English and Sociology, Louisiana State University (2018)
Louisiana, 2021
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
Southern Environmental Management and Specialties, Inc. v. City of New Orleans, 339 So. 3d 1234 (La. App. 4 Cir. 2022). The firm represented a surety that issued a statutory payment bond under the Louisiana Public Works Act. The payment bond claimant alleged that the surety adjusted the payment bond claim in bad faith under the Louisiana Insurance Code. The appellate court upheld the trial court’s granting of summary judgment in favor of the surety, holding that Louisiana Public Works Act payment bond sureties are immune from Louisiana Insurance Code penalties as a matter of law.
Presenter, The Privilege Pitfall: Protecting Your Privileges During Surety Claim Investigations, Midwest Surety and Construction Claims Conference (2023)
Audrey E. Martin, Building Treaties Instead of Walls: How NAFTA and the USMCA Make the Case for Treaties as the Future of U.S. Immigration Policy, 95 Tul. L. Rev. 387 (2021)
Audrey E. Martin, When Bail Is Due, So Is Process: The Future of Louisiana’s Bail Structure and Judicial Administration After Caliste v. Cantrell, 94 Tul. L. Rev. 833 (2020)
Louisiana State Bar Association
New Orleans Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Certifications in Negotiation and Mediation
Extern for the Honorable Joy Cossich Lobrano