MAGALI A. PUENTE
PARTNER
Phone: (504) 599-8034
Fax: (504) 599-8135
Email: Magali A. Puente
PRACTICE AREAS
Mass Tort & Class Actions
EDUCATION
Loyola University School of Law, 2000, J.D.
University of New Orleans, 1997, B.A.
BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS
Louisiana
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Louisiana State Bar Association New Orleans Bar Association International Association of Defense Counsel Defense Research Institute Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
AWARDS & HONORS Louisiana Super Lawyers New Orleans Magazine “Top Lawyer”
LANGUAGES
Spanish
Magali attended Loyola University Law School and graduated in December 2000. While in law school, she was a Legal Research and Writing Teaching Assistant and received the Loyola Honor Scholarship.
Magali joined Frilot in 2016 and practices in the firm's Mass Tort & Class Actions, Transportation & Trucking and Labor & Employment Practice Areas. Practicing law for over 15 years, Ms. Puente’s practice areas include transportation and automobile litigation and personal injury cases involving toxic tort, environmental litigation, premise liability, and product liability in the state and federal courts of Louisiana.
She is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, International Association of Defense Counsel, Defense Research Institute, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and New Orleans Bar Association. She is admitted to practice before all Louisiana state courts, the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western, and Middle District of Louisiana and the United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
Magali was awarded the Louisiana Super Lawyer distinction for 2023-2025. No more than five percent of attorneys in each state are chosen to receive this distinction.