Vince Fornias, a bilingual Cuban-American, has participated in over 2,000 mediations and scores of arbitrations. He was engaged for almost 30 years in an active litigation practice (over 100 trials) as a partner of Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Blitzer of Baton Rouge in the areas of casualty, products liability, governmental liability, and insurance law. He has written in numerous legal publications, including the authoring of a chapter in “Louisiana Civil Trial Procedure.” He has also lectured extensively in the fields of litigation, mediation, negotiation and ethics in numerous Continuing Legal Education programs and law school settings, including the LSBA, LSU Law Center, Tulane University Law Center, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Baton Rouge Bar Association, and National Business Institute, Inc.
