Jed Cain is an associate of Herman, Herman, Katz, & Cotlar L.L.P. Mr. Cain attended Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas where he earned a bachelor of arts in Politics.
While attending Hendrix, Mr. Cain interned for Senator Mary Landrieu. While interning in Washington, D.C., Mr. Cain developed an interest in education policy. After receiving his B.A. from Hendrix, Mr. Cain spent a year teaching elementary school in Shreveport, Louisiana before attending Tulane University
School of Law where he received his Juris Doctorate in 2005. While at Tulane, Mr. Cain argued on to the Tulane Moot Court National Trial Team and represented
Tulane at the National Moot Court Trial Competition in 2003. In 2004-2005, Mr. Cain served as a student coach for the Tulane National Trial Team and was also and Associate Justice of the Moot Court Board. Mr. Cain also participated in the Tulane Civil Litigation Clinic.
Mr. Cain clerked with Herman, Herman, Katz, & Cotlar L.L.P. throughout law school and became an associate with the firm in the summer of 2005, shortly before Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Since that time, Mr. Cain has become heavily involved in the firm's prosecution of both commercial and residential first party property insurance claims. Mr. Cain has litigated to completion approximately one hundred and fifty first party "bad faith" insurance cases since 2005. Mr. Cain's work on behalf of the victim's of Hurricane Katrina has been recognized by The New York Times, Law Dragon 2008, and the New Orleans Times Picayune.
Mr. Cain maintains an active membership in both the Louisiana Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice. Mr. Cain frequently publishes articles for LAJ Advocates and is currently an active member of the LAJ's Legislative Committee and Insurance Section. Likewise, Mr. Cain currently serves as a Board of Governor for the New Lawyer's Division of AAJ.
PRACTICE GROUPS
EDUCATION
- Tulane University School of Law, J.D. 2005
- Hendix College B.A. 2001
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
- Louisiana
- U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- USDC for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
AFFILIATIONS
- American Bar Association
- Louisiana Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- Louisiana Association for Justice