Charles Brandt

Charles Brandt graduated from Tulane Law School in 1973 and has been seeking justice since. He began his career as a prosecutor for the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office. Since leaving the District Attorney’s Office in 1977, he continued to represent individuals injured in accidents. He’s handled hundreds of trials and settled thousands of cases, including multi-million-dollar settlements and trials. He currently devotes 100% of his time to representing persons injured in accidents. Charles Brandt is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, the Louisiana Supreme Court, all district courts in the State of Louisiana, and the United States Supreme Court. In addition to enjoying handling and trying personal injury cases, Charlie loves to scuba dive. He was certified as an open water diver in 1986 and got his advanced open water certification in 1991. He has training as an underwater photographer and salvage diver. He has enjoyed spearfishing at the drilling rigs off the coast of Louisiana and catching lobster in Florida. Dives were made by him additionally in the Cayman Islands, Hawaii, Palau, Greece, Cozumel, St Lucia, St John and other great dive spots. Charles is also an avid hunter having taken game in Africa, Argentina, Mexico, Texas, Mississippi, Nebraska and New Mexico. In 1981 he obtained a judgment after a trial against Sooner Refining Corporation that in today's dollars would be $14,258,000. At that time it was the highest civil judgment award in the Lafayette area and possibly in the state of Louisiana. He went on to seize the refinery and turn it over to his client. Sharon M was hit by a Greyhound bus and sustained mental, emotional an spinal injuries that left her in chronic pain. In 1982 Brandt was able to obtain a settlement for her equivalent to $1.580,000 in todays dollars.