Deutsch Kerrigan partners Denia Aiyegbusi and Melissa Lessell have been appointed to the 2018-2019 Louisiana State Bar Association Leadership Class.  The Leadership LSBA Class program was created in 2002 by LSBA President Larry Feldman, Jr. and provides exposure for young lawyers on how the LSBA functions as well as the pressing issues that face the Association and the legal profession.

Denia Aiyegbusi is a partner in the firm's civil litigation department and works on cases ranging anywhere from small property subrogation claims, all the way to multi-million dollar, traumatic, brain injury, personal injury cases. She also defends claims of bad faith/extracontractual ligation, premises liability, products liability and trucking and transportation defense.

Melissa Lessell partners with clients facing professional liability and complex commercial litigation matters. She helps professionals navigate through disciplinary actions, ethics investigations, malpractice, negligence and breach of fiduciary duty claims and lawsuits.