E. Stuart Ponder is a partner in the New Orleans office of Lewis Brisbois and is a member of the General Liability Practice. His practice is concentrated in products liability, premises liability, casualty litigation, general insurance defense and civil litigation. A native of Louisiana, Mr. Ponder was born in Baton Rouge. 

Mr. Ponder served as a judicial clerk for Justice Jeffrey P. Victory of the Louisiana Supreme Court and then practiced in a maritime and insurance defense litigation firm in New Orleans.

Admissions

• State Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana
• United States Courts of Appeals & Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• United States District Courts
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Admissions

Louisiana

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit

Associations

• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Baton Rouge Bar Association

Education

Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center

Juris Doctor, 2006

Centenary University

Bachelor of Arts, 2003