Known for our compassionate and client-focused approach, Kinney & Ellinghausen is dedicated to guiding clients through challenging legal situations. We bring a unique perspective and an unwavering commitment to achieving favorable outcomes for our clients.

Kinney & Ellinghausen’s collaborative team of professionals represents numerous public and private clients. The firm has extensive experience in commercial litigation, employment law, corporate organization, real estate,  insurance defense. When representing public clients, the firm provides particular expertise in procurement, ethics, and other matters involving governmental entities.

We always put our clients’ interests first and work aggressively and timely to achieve the best results. While our size also allows us to be nimble and responsive to any changes in clients needs, the firm is fully capable of handling any issue no matter how complex.

Our clients know their attorneys and have uncommon access to them, including the firm’s founding partners. Much more than lawyers, Kinney & Ellinghausen team members are trusted counselors, often developing lifelong relationships advising their clients. Several of the firm’s clients continue their relationship from the founding of the firm.

Henry W. Kinney is the founding partner of Kinney & Ellinghausen. His practice consists of a wide variety of litigation and transactional matters, including historic preservation litigation, zoning/land use, successions and estate planning, public bidding and general commercial litigation. He has served as general counsel for the Audubon Commission since 1976 and as special counsel for the Board of Commissioners for the Port of New Orleans and the Housing Authority of New Orleans. Currently Mr. Kinney also acts as special counsel to the State of Louisiana, Division of Administration. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Kinney was an Assistant City Attorney for the City of New Orleans. Mr. Kinney has extensive trial and appellate experience in all of Louisiana’s courts, including the Louisiana Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit. He has also handled matters in the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mr. Kinney received both his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and his law degree from Tulane University, in 1969 and 1973, respectively.

  • B.A., Political Science, Tulane University, 1969

    J.D., Tulane University, 1973

    Admissions:

    Supreme Court of the United States

    United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit

    United States Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit

    United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit

    United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana

    United States Court of Federal Claims

    All Louisiana State Courts

    Affiliations:

    American Bar Association

    Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel

John W. Ellinghausen is a partner with Kinney & Ellinghausen. Since joining the firm in 1987, Mr. Ellinghausen has focused his practice in the areas of worker’s compensation defense, insurance defense and corporate law/litigation. Mr. Ellinghausen has extensive trial and appellate experience and has handled matters before the highest courts of the state, including the Louisiana Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit.

Mr. Ellinghausen received both his bachelor’s degree in History and his law degree from Louisiana State University, in 1981 and 1984, respectively. Before entering private practice in 1985, he clerked at the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit.

  • B.A., History, Louisiana State University, 1981

    J.D., Louisiana State University, 1984

    Admissions:
    United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit

    United States Court of Appeal for the Eighth Circuit

    United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana

    All Louisiana State Courts

    Affiliations:

    Association of Louisiana Defense Counsel

    American Bar Association

    Louisiana Bar Association