CHARLES H. ABBOTT is a shareholder of Abbott, Simses & Kuchler. Mr. Abbott completed his undergraduate studies at Millsaps College in 1999, graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish with a minor in History.

Mr. Abbott received his Juris Doctorate and a Bachelor's in Civil Law Studies from Paul M. Hebert Center at Louisiana State University in 2002. At Louisiana State University, he was a member of the Moot Court Board, received CALI Excellence for the Future Awards (awarded to the student receiving the top grade in the course) in Appellate Advocacy and International-American Trade, selected to be a student member of the Wex S. Malone Inn of Court, and was the winner of the Louisiana State University Tullis Moot Court Competition.

Mr. Abbott is admitted to the bars in Louisiana and Mississippi, as well as to the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, the United States District Courts, Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, the United States District Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, and the Supreme Court of Mississippi. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Mississippi Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, American Bar Association, New Orleans Bar Association, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Defense Research Institute (2007 Damages Program Committee; 2007 Trial Tactics Steering Committee; 2007 and 2008 Vice Chair of the Technology Committee), a Certified Mediator in Mississippi, and is “BV” Peer Review rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Abbott is also a member of the Firm's Technology Committee.

Mr. Abbott's practice areas consist of General Civil and Commercial Litigation, Toxic Tort Litigation, and Environmental Litigation. He is in charge of the day-to-day case management of asbestos and silica dockets for some of the Firm's major corporate clients in both Louisiana and Mississippi. In addition, he is the docket manager for a number of commercial litigation matters pending in jurisdictions all over the country.  He has participated in trials defending claims for compensatory (economic and non-economic damages) and punitive damages based on liability claims ranging from construction defect matters to exposures to toxic fumes.

Mr. Abbott's primary career focus is trial work. One of his recent jury trial efforts involved defending the interests of a prominent publisher in a construction defect case. Another, he defended the interests of a respiratory protection manufacturer against claims arising out of occupational exposures to respirable crystalline silica. Mr. Abbott's primary trial involvement focused on the medical and scientific issues and the experts involved with that particular case.

Most recently, Mr. Abbott participated in two jury trials defending the interests of a chemical manufacturing company arising out of alleged community exposure and contamination to dioxins and heavy metals. Although Mr. Abbott was actively involved in the defense of the industrial hygiene practices, his primary involvement concerned the medical and scientific issues in the case, specifically those connected with causation.