Biography

PROFILE

Mary Anne Wolf is a licensed professional engineer who worked for 10 years in the design and construction industry before getting her law degree. She is a partner in the law firm of Keogh Cox in Baton Rouge. For 20 years, she has represented design professionals, contractors, owners, manufacturers, suppliers and others in construction litigation, industrial and products liability claims, and other complex litigation. She is admitted to practice in all Louisiana state and federal courts.

In 2019, Ms. Wolf completed arbitration training in fundamentals, ethics, awards, and best practices through the American Arbitration Association and has been accepted on their panels for Construction, Commercial, Consumer, and Large Cases. She has arbitrated, both as sole arbitrator and on arbitration panels, numerous commercial and construction disputes, including large, complex cases. She has continued her education in ADR and is a fellow in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a global organization of dispute resolution professionals with rigorous standards. She was appointed by the U.S. Middle District of Louisiana to serve on its Hurricane Ida neutral panel. She is a member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation and has completed the DRB training program.

As a litigator, she has assisted many clients in reaching prompt resolution of even the most complex multi-party disputes. As an impartial mediator or arbitrator, her goal is to use her experience in the industry, knowledge of the law, and respect for the parties and the process, to reach a fair and efficient resolution.

She is a member of the Louisiana Engineering Society, AIA-Baton Rouge, American Council of Engineering Companies, Women’s Energy Network, and the American, Federal, and Louisiana State Bar Associations. She frequently presents seminars to professional organizations on ADR, liability, risk management and current trends. She also writes articles and blogs on construction and alternative dispute resolution related topics.

In addition to vast experience in resolving construction and industrial disputes, Ms. Wolf has experience in: Business, shareholder, commercial disputes; Environmental, government regulations; Trademark and intellectual property; Trusts; Property, survey disputes; Consumer, unfair trade practice claims; Construction in energy related infrastructure; Solar panel installation; Public and EPC contracts; Residential construction, New Home Warranty Act; and New Manufactured and Modular Home Warranty Act.