Dwight C Paulsen

Biographical Information

A native of New Orleans, Dwight C. Paulsen III graduated from Louisiana State University in 1986 and received his Juris Doctor from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in 1989. He was admitted to the Bar in 1989 for the Louisiana State and United States District Courts, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, and for the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit in 1990. He is a founding partner of Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea LLC.

Mr. Paulsen has an active civil litigation practice. His principal areas of practice are products liability, complex toxic tort and occupational exposure, and insurance litigation matters. He also has experience in medical malpractice, professional liability and commercial litigation.
Mr. Paulsen has trial and appellate court experience in the Louisiana state and the Federal court systems. He has represented clients such as Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc., Monsanto Company, The Sherman-Williams Company and Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital in a variety of litigation.

Active professionally, he is a member of the Louisiana Bar Association, the New Orleans Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel ("LADC"), the New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel ("NOADC") and the Defense Research Institute. He was a board member of the LADC and formerly served as a board member and President of the NOADC. Mr. Paulsen is a co-author of the Louisiana chapter for the Defense Research Institute's publication entitled, "Product Liability Defenses: A State by State Compendium." Mr. Paulsen has been selected as a top lawyer in New Orleans by New Orleans Magazine, as well as to Best Lawyers®.