Mary Catherine Cali

Mary Catherine Cali is a senior and managing partner, joining the firm at its inception in 1983.  Mary Catherine specializes in the area of creditor’s rights, including consumer and commercial foreclosures and repossessions, and creditor bankruptcy matters throughout the State of Louisiana, as well as defense matters on behalf of consumer and commercial lenders.  She handles contract litigation, transactional financing arrangements on behalf of lenders, and loan workout transactions. She has been involved in multi-state arbitration proceedings, multi-party litigation, and has served as a Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee. Mary Catherine’s clients include numerous banks and lending institutions. A former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Mary Catherine is experienced in State and Federal civil litigation. Mary Catherine has an AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell rating.

Practice Areas:

• Civil Litigation

• Creditor’s Rights, both consumer and commercial

• Banking Law

• Contract Litigation

• Transactional Financing Arrangements

• Foreclosures

Education

• Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, J.D., 1979

• Louisiana State University, B.A., 1975

Bar & Court Admissions

• Member of the American Bar Association (Business Section), the Louisiana State Bar Association (Consumer Law Section and Bankruptcy Law Section), the Baton Rouge Bar Association, and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

• Admitted to practice in Louisiana, 1979

• Admitted to practice in all Louisiana courts, the Federal Courts for the Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Community & Professional Activities

• Member, St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church, having served as a Eucharistic Minister, and an RCIA Sponsor, and a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Regina Coeli