Irving J. Warshauer joined the Gainsburgh Benjamin law firm as an associate in 1980, and he became a partner of the firm in 1984. Prior to joining this firm, he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana and a Trial Attorney in the United States Department of Justice, receiving a Special Commendation in 1979. He served on the Federal Public Defender Panel for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1981 – 2002.

Irving concentrates his current practice in representing individuals and their families in personal injury litigation, particularly in the areas of admiralty/maritime, products liability and automobile collisions. He has successfully represented adults and children who suffered catastrophic brain, spinal cord and burn injuries as the result of a defective product or someone else’s negligent conduct.

Irving was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 11, 1950. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and earned a B.A. degree, with honors, in 1972. In 1976, Irving received his Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University School of Law. He has been certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He co–authored “The Uniqueness of Maritime Personal Injury and Death Law,” 79 Tulane Law Review Nos. 5 and 6 (2005).

For the past seven years, Irving has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward/White, and in 2009, he was named “New Orleans Best Lawyers’ Personal Injury Litigator of the Year.” He also has been listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers, as published by Law and Politics, and in 2010 he was recognized by that publication as one of “The Top 50" lawyers in Louisiana.

Irving is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, in which he currently serves on the Louisiana State Committee, the American Bar Foundation, and the Louisiana Bar Foundation. He is a member of the American Bar Association and previously served as a Vice–Chair of the Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section. Irving is also a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, in which he has Proctor Status, the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, the Federal Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Louisiana Association of Justice, and the Tulane Law School American Inn of Court, in which he served as President from 2006 – 2008. He has served in the Louisiana State Bar Association’s House of Delegates since 1997 and he has been a member of the Ethics Advisory Service Committee for the past five years.

Irving’s civic activities have included serving on the Board of Directors of Make–A–Wish Foundation of Louisiana, of which he was President from 2005–2006. He currently is a member of the Board of Directors of Appleseed Louisiana and previously served as President of the Audubon Area Zoning Association. He also has served on the Isidore Newman School Board of Governors since 1997 and was the Board Chair from 2007 – 2010.

Irving and his wife, Lynda, have two daughters, Jordan and Taylor, who are college students.

Irving is licensed to practice before all Louisiana state courts, all Louisiana federal courts, and before the United States Supreme Court.

E–mail: iwarshauer@gainsben.com