W. Paul Wilkins has been a member of the firm since September 1999, after gaining ten years of experience in litigating cases involving products liability, automobile accidents, premises liability, class actions and complex litigation. Since joining the firm, Mr. Wilkins has focused on representing people throughout the country who have been injured by pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices, as well as people who have suffered losses as a result of consumer fraud.

Mr. Wilkins currently serves on several committees appointed by the court in the Propulsid Products Liability Multi-District Litigation. Mr. Wilkins has also been appointed class counsel and liaison counsel in consumer fraud and securities fraud class action cases. More importantly, he has had the honor of representing thousands of individual clients in cases against pharmaceutical manufacturers.

In the area of environmental litigation, Mr. Wilkins has participated in the investigation and litigation of numerous mass "toxic tort" cases on behalf of thousands of residents who have been exposed to toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes released into their communities by neighboring chemical and petroleum plants. These cases present a unique challenge because of the complex scientific and technical issues they present.

Mr. Wilkins has been in practice since 1989, after graduating from Louisiana State University Law School. He earned a degree in Finance from L.S.U. in 1984. After graduating from law school, Mr. Wilkins worked as an associate for the New Orleans firm of Leake & Andersson. He returned to Baton Rouge in 1994 and continued to focus on defense litigation until joining LeBlanc & Waddell in 1999. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, Committee on Legislation, 2000 to present), American Trial Lawyers Association, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, Federal and Fifth Circuit Bar Associations, and the Baton Rouge Bar Association.