Meet the Team
A Legacy of Success The attorneys of Schoenfeld Law Firm have dedicated their time and resources to helping clients with their personal injury and wrongful death claims since 1970. Meet our family of attorneys.
STEPHEN MICHAEL SCHOENFELD
PARTNER
- Born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Graduate of St. Martin’s Episcopal School in Metairie, LA 1992
- Graduate of Louisiana State University, BA in English Literature, Baton Rouge, LA 1996
- Graduate of Loyola University College of LA, JD, Civil Law Program, New Orleans, LA 2000
- Married to Melissa Greenwood Schoenfeld of Shreveport, Louisiana and the father of two children
- Admitted to the practice of law in the State of Louisiana since 2000, the Supreme Court of Louisiana, the Eastern District of Louisiana, the Western District of Louisiana and the Middle District of Louisiana
MORLAS VOORHIES SCHOENFELDPARTNER
PARTNER
- Born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Graduate of St. Martin’s Episcopal School in Metairie, LA
- Graduate of Louisiana State University, BA in English Literature, Baton Rouge, LA
- Graduate of Southern University Law Center, JD, Civil Law Program, Baton Rouge, LA
- Happily Married to Kristin Thompson Schoenfeld of DeRidder, Louisiana, and the father of three children, Miles, Brooks and Hayes.
- Admitted to the practice of law in the State of Louisiana since 2002, the Supreme Court of Louisiana, the Eastern District of Louisiana, the Western District of Louisiana and the Middle District of Louisiana
- In his free time, Morlas enjoys woodworking, competing in triathlons, and is a self-proclaimed coffee connoisseur
Judgments and Recoveries
*This is merely a sampling of the numerous judgments and recoveries that Schoenfeld Law Firm has obtained for its clients.
- $1,300,000.00 – Third Party Tort Claim involving a derrick man who caused injury to a young man working on a land-based drilling operation resulting in permanent crippling to his dominant shoulder, forearm and wrist
- $1,243,990.24 – Wrongful death settlement of truck driver killed in 18-wheeler accident
- $910,000.00 – Third Party Tort Claim involving a backhoe striking a power line resulting in electrocution and fall into a man hole causing shoulder injury
- $900,000.00 – Brain Damage/Medical Malpractice of a newborn baby
- $835,000.00 – Wrongful Death Settlement
- $600,000.00 – Tort Claim involving an offshore rig explosion causing nerve damage to leg
- $500,000.00 – (Recovery capped by Louisiana State Medical Malpractice Statute) Pregnant patient discharged from the hospital while in labor causing the death of the child
- $340,000.00 – Third-party tort resulting in significant wrist injury
- $250,000.00 – Federal Tort Claim against U.S. Government for injuries sustained in auto accident
- $240,000.00 – Slip & Fall in a national grocery store chain resulting in two torn rotator cuff surgeries
- $150,000.00 – Wrongful Death Settlement- Largest recovery ever at the time for an unborn child’s claim for the death of the child’s father
- $125,000.00 – Workers’ Compensation
- $70,000.00 – Workers’ Compensation injury resulting in knee surgery.
- Over $200,000.00 recovered for numerous Workers’ Compensation claims
Injured? Let Schoenfeld Law Firm in the Lafayette and New Orleans areas help you get the compensation and justice you deserve!