Conlee S. Whiteley

Conlee is the managing member of K&W and has been with the firm since 1994. She practices primarily in the areas of consumer fraud, pharmaceutical, antitrust, insurance, and agricultural products litigation. She has been appointed as class counsel in many of the firm’s class actions and has an active role in the litigation, certification, trial and settlement of cases against financial institutions, insurance companies, and drug and other product manufacturers, including: In re: Budeprion XL Marketing and Products Litigation; Shaffer v. Continental Casualty Co., et al.; Waxler v. Trinity Marine Co., et al.; Bonilla v. Trebol Motors and Volvo Car Corporation, et al. and RenDan Farms v. Monsanto, Co., et al. Conlee represents the State of Louisiana in various pharmaceutical cases, including: State of Louisiana v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, et al. (Avandia) and State of Louisiana v. Abbott Laboratories, et al. (Depakote).

She also provides commercial litigation representation for both plaintiffs and defendants. Such clients include IMTT, IMTT-Geismar, Columbus Properties, Crescent Crown Distributing, Co., Republic National Distributing Co., Goldring Gulf Distributing Co. of Mobile, First Bank & Trust, U.S. Filter Corp., and Waste Management, Inc.

Conlee also handles K&W’s Hurricane Katrina, Rita, and Ike first party insurance litigation, representing the City of Gretna (Louisiana), First Bank & Trust, Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Orleans), Cameron Parish School Board, Alexander Milne Home for Women, Goodwill Industries, New Orleans, Joseph C. Canizaro, Innovus, Inc., Barbers Hill Independent School District, LaPorte Independent School District, and the City of Pasadena, Texas.

Conlee is a member of the State Bar of Louisiana, and is licensed to practice law in the Louisiana State Courts, the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, District of Puerto Rico, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, District of North Dakota, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Fifth and Ninth Circuits. She has also been admitted to practice Pro Hac Vice in various federal and state courts throughout the country.

Recent Activities & Honors

• Since 2003, Conlee has enjoyed an “AV” rating, the highest by Martindale Hubbell Law Directory.
• Conlee is serving her third term as treasurer on the Board of Directors for the Alexander Milne Home for Women, a non-profit devoted to the support and care for intellectually disabled women.