David Vicknair

David P. Vicknair is a founding partner of Scott Vicknair Injury Lawyers in New Orleans, Louisiana. He represents people in personal injury and maritime injury cases, handles property damage and casualty loss claims against insurers, and represents individuals and small businesses in class action litigation.

Vicknair has argued appeals before several Louisiana courts of appeal, the Louisiana Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He has been appointed class counsel in multiple consumer class actions and has worked on multidistrict litigation in Louisiana, including the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Xarelto, Taxotere and Chinese drywall cases. Alongside his caseload, he trains the firm’s legal teams and oversees its marketing strategy.

He earned a business administration degree, cum laude, from Nicholls State University in 2007 and his law degree from Loyola University New Orleans in 2011, where he competed in moot court and was inducted into the Order of the Barristers. He serves on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Professionalism Committee and the board of Volunteers of America, and volunteers with the Pro Bono Project and Hogs for a Cause.