About Jed Cain

Jed Cain is a partner at Herman, Katz, Gisleson & Cain and an accomplished trial lawyer who has obtained multi-million-dollar jury verdicts and settlements across Louisiana. He grew up in Natchitoches, Louisiana and previously worked as a public school teacher before attending law school. He earned his B.A. from Hendrix College and his J.D. from Tulane University School of Law. He was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 2005.

He is based in Natchitoches and serves clients throughout North and Central Louisiana. He is the co-author of Louisiana Personal Injury, a two-volume practice series published by Thomson Reuters that is widely used as a reference by Louisiana personal injury lawyers. He is regularly retained by other attorneys in Louisiana and other states as co-counsel on Louisiana personal injury matters.

He was awarded the F. Scott Baldwin Award by the American Association for Justice, presented annually to the most outstanding young trial lawyer in the country. He is a graduate of the Trial Lawyers College, an invitation-only program founded by Gerry Spence. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Jimmy D. Long, Sr. Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, on the Board of First United Methodist Church in Natchitoches, and as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused and neglected children.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$230 millionSettlement

Representing more clergy abuse survivors in the Archdiocese of New Orleans bankruptcy than any other firm, Herman, Katz, Gisleson and Cain helped push a five-year Chapter 11 proceeding to a $230 million settlement confirmed in December 2025, with additional recovery against Travelers Insurance still pending.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · 2025Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Tulane University School of Law
J.D.
Hendrix College
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Louisiana, admitted 2005

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other New Orleans firms

Bruno & Bruno
Bruno & Bruno
$850 million (punitive, upheld on appeal); prior settlement reached 2001 · Gentilly Tank-Car Fire: $850 Million Punitive Verdict for 8,000 New Orleans Residents
Lambert Zainey
Lambert Zainey
Up to $1 billion (remediation fund) · Knauf Chinese Drywall MDL: Up to $1 Billion Settlement for 4,500 Contaminated Homes
Kiefer & Kiefer Personal Injury Lawyers
Kiefer & Kiefer Personal Injury Lawyers
$3 million · Kiefer & Kiefer Wins $3 Million Settlement for Nearly 1,000 Tenants of Hazardous New Orleans East Complex
Landry & Swarr, L.L.C.
Landry & Swarr, L.L.C.
$129 million (verdict; post-trial path unresolved) · The School's After-School Run Club Routed Six-Year-Olds Through the Carpool Lane While Parents' Cars Were Moving.