Gauthier, lead attorney who argued case for historic race track as reported by the Times Picayune. 

Everybody wants to focus on the award and how much money the people in Gentilly are going to get. That's not what this is about. I know this sounds harsh, but you hit a big guy hard if you want to punish him.

Turning personal sorrow into a powerful, well-organized crusade. 

Gauthier was inspired by the death of his friend Peter Castano to pursue the historical tobacco class action suit. 

2,366 plaintifs sued 226 defendants in the tragic Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire. 

On New Year's Eve 1986 a hotel fire in Puerto Rico killed 97 people and spawned thousands of suits.  An account of how the Gauthier Firm cleaned the mess up.

Gauthier's reputation a prime benefit in landmark lawsuit against the nation's gun manufacturers. 

A history of the Gauthier Firm's pioneering Mock Trial strategy. 

A history of the Gauthier Firm's rise to prominence as the foremost authority on mass disaster lawsuits. 

[Wendell Gauthier,] the genteel cajun midas of the class action swamp.