METAIRIE, La. – Blue Williams LLC has added Abby Unsworth and Austin Lanier as associate attorneys in its Metairie office.

Unsworth’s practice focuses on insurance defense, including transportation and trucking litigation. A New Orleans native, she earned her law degree cum laude from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where she received a certificate in Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship and served on the Loyola Law Review.

Lanier practices in premises liability, construction law, business formation and transactions, and auto and trucking litigation. He earned his J.D. from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU.

Founded in 1983, Blue Williams is a Gulf South law firm with approximately 78 attorneys and more than 100 employees. The firm focuses primarily on civil litigation and insurance defense, with practices in healthcare, professional liability, construction, commercial disputes, maritime matters, products liability and general casualty.

Blue Williams has offices in Metairie, New Orleans and Mandeville, Louisiana, and Houston and San Antonio, Texas. The firm said its recent expansion into Texas has broadened its regional footprint and litigation capabilities as it continues to hire.

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