Overview
 

Anders Holmgren’s practice includes commercial litigation, casualty/personal injury, and civil appeals. Mr. Holmgren has successfully represented his clients’ interest at all levels of Louisiana’s court system.

 

Mr. Holmgren graduated from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, with distinction, in 2006, and he earned his law degree magna cum laude from Tulane Law School in 2012. While at Tulane, he concentrated his studies in Louisiana’s civil law, earning a Civil Law certificate. Mr. Holmgren served as a managing editor of the Tulane Law Review and was a student-attorney with the Tulane Civil Litigation Clinic. He also enjoyed volunteering at the Pro Bono Project, where he was named the 2011 Pro Bono Law Student of the Year.

 

Mr. Holmgren has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Tulane Law School where he teaches Civil Law Procedure.

 

Professional Experience

​

• United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (2025). Representing a church damaged by a hurricane, successfully defended a multimillion-dollar damages judgment.

• Louisiana Supreme Court (2025). Representing a Fortune 500 company in a contract dispute, obtained discretionary review and prevailed in reducing a damages award by over 50%, resulting in an $80 million savings for the client.

• Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal (2024). Representing a utility company, successfully defended on appeal, a trial court judgment that found the company free of fault.

• Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal (2024). Representing a local business on appeal, secured the enforcement of a $20,000 stipulated damages clause and the reversal of a $5.2 million verdict for breach of contract.

• Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal (2024). Representing an online travel company, successfully defended a trial court judgment finding that state and local sales tax laws did not apply to the client’s business.

• U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (2023). Representing the plaintiffs in a precedent-setting appeal, secured the reversal of a judgment that expansively interpreted the preemptive scope of the LHWCA.

• Representing a worker injured in a major refinery explosion. Enrolled on appeal and successfully convinced the Louisiana First Circuit to reverse a district court judgment that had dismissed the worker’s case against a valve manufacturer and valve distributor.

• Representing the widow of a nationally acclaimed artist in intellectual property litigation. Successfully defended a federal lawsuit that sought to divest her of community property rights in works of art created during the marriage.

• Representing an oil company in a dispute with a contractor following an oil spill in Bayou Sorrel. Successfully prosecuted the company’s claims through trial, winning a substantial judgment that led to a favorable settlement.

• Representing a public university in a suit brought by a former student. Obtained dismissal of the lawsuit and successfully defended that judgment in the student’s appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

• Representing a loan company in a dispute with a borrower. Successfully prosecuted suit through trial in state court, winning judgment for the full amount due.

• In various matters, engaged to submit amicus briefs in the Louisiana Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

​

Professional Affiliations

 

• Member, Federal Bar Association

• Member, New Orleans Bar Association

• Member, New Orleans Bar Association Inn of Court

• Member, Louisiana Supreme Court Historical Society

• Chair of FBA-NO’s Federal Litigation Committee (2021-22)

 

News & Recognition

 

• Best Lawyers in America® (2024)

• Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2019-2023)

• Inside New Orleans Readers’ Favorite Elite Lawyers – Commercial Litigator (2021)

• 2012 Recipient of the Charles Janvier II Award for production excellence, Tulane Law Review

• 2011 Pro Bono Law Student of the Year, Pro Bono Project (Tulane Law School)

• Flanagan Partners LLP – Tier 1 ranking in Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Insurance, and Oil & Gas – U.S. News/Best Lawyers

​

​

Admissions

​

• Louisiana (2012)

• U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (2012)

• U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana (2012)

• U. S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana (2012)

• U. S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana (2012)