PROfessional Experience

Our sales and underwriting team focus solely on lawyer’s malpractice so you get the benefit of highly specialized staff members dedicated to serving your specialized needs. Our office features over 60 professionals who are devoted to serving your professional liability needs through sales, consultation, claims filing, continuing education and renewals. Our underwriters focus 100% on lawyers malpractice insurance and nothing else. That’s why when we have the privilege of gaining your business, we keep it; we build trusted relationships for the long term.

Get to know our team and you’ll know why clients stick with Gilsbar Pro

GilsbarPRO Attorneys

Johanna G. Averill
Prior to joining Gilsbar in January of 1999, Mrs. Averill worked as a staff attorney for an Administrative Law Judge for the U. S. Department of Labor and as a judicial clerk for a Judge Pro Tempore for the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. Ms. Averill has also practiced law for an insurance defense firm in New Orleans. A graduate of Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing, Mrs. Averill received her Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University School of Law.

Lindsey M. Ladouceur
Ms. Ladouceur is a partner in the law firm of Ladouceur and Ladouceur, L.L.C. She has a general civil litigation practice with an emphasis on commercial litigation, construction law, family law, and professional liability. A magna cum laude graduate of Loyola University School of Law, Ms. Ladouceur is a Board Certified Family Law Specialist, certified civil mediator, and divorce mediator. Ms. Ladouceur is the former President of the New Orleans Association for Women Attorneys and co-author of Planning for Marriage, Separation, and Divorce: A Louisiana Perspective. As a consultant to Gilsbar, Inc., Ms. Ladouceur is also Professional Liability Loss Prevention Counsel to the Louisiana State Bar Association.

Cynthia Oteri Butera
Joining Gilsbar in 1991, Ms. Butera previously practiced law for 6 years in New Orleans. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of New Orleans and graduated from Loyola University School of Law where she served as Articles Editor of the Loyola Law Review. Ms. Butera is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, and the Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association.