About Us
Our Firm
Being injured is a major life obstacle. The resulting legal process can be its own obstacle.
At the Davis, Saunders & Miller Law Firm, we embrace the view:The Obstacle is the Way.
Let our legal experience guide you through. We know that our clients are human beings, not corporations. We understand they have placed their trust and confidence in us to represent them personally and professionally to either resolve their cases or to try them in court whenever and wherever necessary. We are not afraid to carry out this mission as it is our chosen vocation; it is what we do.
We are committed to our clients and to doing the right thing for them.
The Davis, Saunders & Miller Law Firm concentrates on serious personal injury and wrongful death litigation in State and Federal Courts throughout the United States.
The fields of practice in which the firm concentrates include representing railroad workers injured on-the-job who are covered by Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), seamen and offshore workers hurt at sea whose legal rights are governed by Maritime Law (Jones Act), and cases arising from commercial and private airplane crashes, including litigation for pilot error, and cases against the Federal Government for air traffic controller negligence under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). The firm also handles Railroad Whistleblower retaliation claims under the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA).
Corey Roberts
Investigator
Amanda O. Luc
Litigation Paralegal
Rachel Saunders
Operations Manager
Highly Experienced
The firm has tried and resolved cases before juries in New Orleans, Louisiana, and in Courts from Houston, Texas to as far north as Washington, D.C., and as far south as West Palm Beach, Florida. The firm has obtained favorable jury verdicts in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
- Both Saunders & Miller published articles in the Loyola Law Review where they each served as Managing Editor during their legal education.
- Ben B. Saunders serves on the Loyola Law Alumni Board of Directors and teaches Railroad Law at AAJ Railroad Law section meetings.
- Joseph Miller has had his article on Railroad Law Preclusion cited by courts nationally.
- Ben B. Saunders is now Designated Legal Counsel for the SMART TD (formerly the United Transportation Union).
- Ben B. Saunders and Joseph Miller have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers.
- Ben B. Saunders has been listed in the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the American Trial Lawyers Association.
- Joseph Miller was listed in the 2015-2016 Super Lawyers Rising Star List in Louisiana.
- In 2015, Joseph Miller was listed as that year's Best Lawyers New Orleans Railroad Law "Lawyer of the Year."