Adam R. Credeur

Location:
Lafayette, Louisiana

Phone:
337-235-5294
800-284-3962 (Toll Free)

Fax:
337-235-1095

Email: adam@kwdejean.com
Adam R. Credeur has been with the Law Offices of Kenneth W. DeJean since 2013. He focuses on plaintiff personal injury litigation, including auto accidents, maritime law, offshore injuries, products liability, premises liability, sexual abuse cases, drinking water cases, professional liability cases, class action cases, Multi-District Litigation (MDL) and complex litigation cases.
Adam has litigated cases from start to finish in state and federal courts throughout Louisiana.

Prior to joining the firm, Adam worked in the oil and gas industry, including working both as an independent Petroleum Landman and working in the in-house land department of a Fortune 500 Exploration and Production company.

Adam is a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Land Management. Adam went on to obtain his Juris Doctorate at the Southern University Law Center where he graduated cum laude in 2013.

Adam is admitted to practice in all Louisiana state courts, the United States Supreme Court and the United States District Courts for the Western District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana and Eastern District of Louisiana.

Areas of Practice

• Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee
• Car Accidents
• Offshore/Inland Injuries and Accidents
• Oil Rig/Platform Injuries
• Unpaid Overtime Compensation Claims
• Medical/Nursing Home Negligence
• Defective Medical Devices
• Defective Products/Equipment/Drugs
• Pharmaceutical Litigation
• Spinal Injuries
• Wrongful Death
• Trucking Accidents
• Motorcycle Accidents
• Premises Liability
• Vessel/Barge Injuries
• Recreational Boating Accidents
• Pleasure Boat Accidents
• Slip/Trip and Fall
• Catastrophic Event Injuries
• Sexual Abuse Claims
• Class Actions
• Drinking Water Cases

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Louisiana
• U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana.
• United States Supreme Court.

Education

• Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, J.D. - 2013 (Honors: cum laude)
• Law Review: Law Review, Editor, 2011 - 2013
• University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana B.S. - 2009 Major: Petroleum Land Management

Published Works

• Haynesville Shale: Those frackin' Alt. Wells!, Around the Bar (The Magazine of the BRBA), No. 274, Feb., 2013

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Federal Bar Association (Lafayette-Acadiana Chapter), Board Member, 2020 - Present (President: 2024-2025)
• Federal Bar Association, Fellow, 2024 - present
• Litigation Counsel of America, Associate Fellow, 2024 - present
• Acadiana Profile Magazine, Top Lawyers in Acadiana, 2024
• The National Trial Lawyers - Top 40 Under 40, 2019 - Present
• Super Lawyers -Louisiana Rising Stars, 2020 - present
• National Association of Distinguished Counsel, Fellow, 2019 - Present
• Lafayette Bar Association, Member, 2013 - Present
• Louisiana State Bar Association, Member, 2013 - Present
• American Bar Association, Member, 2013 - Present
• American Association for Justice, Member, 2013 - Present
• Louisiana Association for Justice, Member, 2013 - Present
• Acadiana Trial Lawyers Association, Member, 2015 - Present
• Lafayette Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, Board Member, 2016 - 2021
• Lafayette Education Foundation, Board Member, 2015 - 2018.

• Board Certified in Civil Practice Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.