Avery B.Pardee
- Position
- Partner
- Office
- New Orleans
Avery Pardee is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. She is a career defense attorney and represents clients in white collar criminal matters, internal and government investigations, and commercial litigation.
Avery defends and advises individuals, publicly-traded companies, private businesses, and other entities with respect to internal investigations, government and grand jury investigations, criminal prosecutions, parallel proceedings, regulatory enforcement actions, and False Claims Act litigation.
At trial and on appeal, Avery represents individuals and entities accused of white collar crimes.
Avery acts as an outside Title IX and student conduct investigator, hearing chair, and appellate chair for colleges and universities. She is on the United Educators’ list of approved sexual misconduct investigators. She separately advises colleges and universities, faculty members, and students on sensitive matters.
Having worked on these and other issues from a variety of perspectives, Avery draws on lessons learned and best practices to effectively represent her clients in virtually every forum.
Avery conducts internal investigations, assists clients with responses to government investigations and subpoenas, and works with clients to develop, implement, and update compliance programs including developing compliance policies, conducting internal investigations, recommending remedial measures, and, where appropriate, formulating defense strategies.
Avery has a robust commercial litigation practice that includes False Claims Act qui tam litigation, shareholder derivative and corporate governance litigation, civil RICO litigation, fraud litigation, arbitration, and other complex commercial disputes. She is an aggressive litigator who works with clients to understand the various outcomes and risks, formulate effective litigation strategies, and efficiently protect their interests and achieve their litigation goals.
Avery was the 2022 president of the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. She is the current Louisiana Chapter leader of the Women’s White Collar Defense Association, and chair of the board of the Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO).
Noteworthy
- Chambers USA, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (2024)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Criminal Defense: White-Collar (listed annually since 2023)
- New Orleans City Business Women of the Year (2023)
- New Orleans Magazine, Top Lawyer (listed annually since 2018)
- Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney Award (2015)
- Louisiana Super Lawyers, Business Litigation (listed annually since 2014); White Collar Criminal Defense (listed annually since 2014)
- Camille F. Gravel Pro Bono Award (2009)
- AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
Publications
- "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2024 Mid-Year Report: Anti-Corruption Remains a Top Priority for DOJ," Compliance and White Collar Defense Team 2024 Mid-Year Report, 2024
- "Developments in Corporate Compliance and Enforcement," Compliance and White Collar Defense Team 2024 Mid-Year Report, 2024
- "Fifth Circuit Criminal Appellate Review 2023," New Orleans Bar Association, December 19, 2023
- "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2023 Mid-Year Report," Compliance and White Collar Defense Team 2023 Mid-Year Report, 2023
- "Developments in Corporate Compliance and Enforcement," Compliance and White Collar Defense Team 2023 Mid-Year Report, 2023
- "Real-Time Strategies for Healthcare Providers: Preparing for Government Investigations and Litigation Arising From the COVID-19 Pandemic," Jones Walker LLP Healthcare & Litigation Client Alert, April 2, 2020
- "The DOJ’s Shift Away From 'Regulation by Guidance' in False Claims Act Cases," Jones Walker LLP Client Alert, May 21, 2018
- "Prosecution of BP Deepwater Horizon Well Supervisors Ends With a Misdemeanor Plea For One and a Trial Acquittal of the Other," Benedict's Maritime Bulletin, Second Quarter, 2016
- "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act—Additional Provisions Affecting Public Companies," Jones Walker LLP Corporate & Securities EBulletin, September 16, 2010
- "SEC Adopts Shareholder Proxy Access Rules," Jones Walker LLP Corporate & Securities EBulletin, September 16, 2010
- "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act — Additional Provisions Affecting Public Companies," Jones Walker LLP Corporate & Securities EBulletin, September 13, 2010
- "The Wall Street Reform Act Creates Strong Incentives for FCPA Whistleblowers and Significantly Expands Whistleblower Protections," Jones Walker LLP Corporate Compliance EBulletin, August 1, 2010
- "Are Booker and Blakely Fatal Blows to Judicial Fact Finding for Mandatory Minimums, or Will Harris v. United States Go On Singing?" 32 Thurgood Marshall Law Review 27, January 1, 2007
Presentations
- "Significant Legal Developments: South Region," ABA 40th Annual White Collar Crime Institute, March 5, 2025
- "Encounters with Law Enforcement: Helping Companies Respond Effectively to Law Enforcement Investigations and Overreach," Alabama Association of Corporate Counsel CLE, Birmingham, Alabama, May 18, 2023
- "Professionalism Expected of Prosecutors," Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers CLE, December 8, 2022
- “Emerging Technology,” Louisiana State Bar Association – Criminal Law Section CLE, October 28, 2022
- "COVID-19 Small Business Relief for Solo Practitioners and Small Firms," Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers CLE, April 24, 2020
- "Professionalism in Practice before the United States Magistrate Judges of the Eastern District of Louisiana," Association for Women Attorneys Annual Ethics and Professionalism CLE, September 19, 2019, New Orleans, Louisiana
- "Internal Investigations in the #MeToo Era," Netconnect, April 25, 2019
- "Tulane Law Clinics 40th Anniversary CLE," Criminal Justice Clinic, April 5, 2019
- "LACDL White Collar Seminar," New Orleans, Louisiana, December 7, 2018
- "LACDL Post-Conviction Relief Seminar," New Orleans, Louisiana, September 21, 2018
- "Just Mercy," Tulane University Law School 1L Orientation, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 20, 2018
- "Drafting and Arguing Pretrial Motions in Criminal Cases," Tulane University Law School Criminal Intersession, January 9, 2018
- "Compliance Programs," Postlethwaite & Netterville Compliance Seminar, Lafayette, Louisiana, October 1, 2014
- "Internal Investigations," Jones Walker LLP Legal Seminar for Greater New Orleans Charter Schools, February 15, 2012
- "Anti-Corruption Compliance," The University of New Orleans Energy Accounting & Technology Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 12, 2011
Memberships
- Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Panels for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana
- Federal Bar Association
- Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Past-President
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- New Orleans Association for Women Attorneys, Past-President
- Tulane Law Review, Board of Advisory Editors
- Tulane University Law School Criminal Intersession Faculty
- Tulane University Law School Trial Advocacy Faculty
- Women's White Collar Defense Association, Louisiana Chapter Leader

Education
- Tulane University Law School
JD, summa cum laude, 2007
Order of the Coif; Associate Articles Editor, Tulane Law Review; Tulane 34 Award; Tulane Criminal Law Clinic - Georgetown University
BA, American Studies, magna cum laude, 2004
John Carroll Scholar; Lena Landegger Award
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana
Court Admissions
- US Supreme Court
- US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
- US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana