YUL LORIO
ylorio@midrid.com

Yul has represented individuals, businesses, contractors and chemical and industrial companies, in a wide variety of litigation matters.  Yul is a widely respected negotiator, litigation strategist and civil mediator.  He continues to represent individuals, businesses and industries across the region in both personal injury and business related claims.  He has served as regional counsel to Fortune 500 companies, and has coordinated the joint defense of industry-wide complex litigation. 

EDUCATION:

• Juris Doctor, LSU Law Center, 1990
• Bachelor of Science, Busines Administration, Louisiana State University, 1987

PRACTICE AREAS:

• Toxic Tort Litigation
• Industrial Personal Injury Claims
• Workers' Compensation Claims
• Toxic Mold Exposure Claims
• Business Disputes
• Industry-wide Conspiracy Claims

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE:

• Louisiana

• United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• National Institute of Trial Advocay Gulf Coast Regional Program
• LSU Trial Advocacy Training Program
• Louisiana Association of Defense Council Trial Academy

BACKGROUND:

Yul Lorio is the son of a retired cross-country welder, and obtained his work ethic by working on pipelines with his father during summers and holidays from age 14 to 21.  Yul has been practicing law throughout Louisiana for two decades.  From 1990 to 1997, Yul was a partner in the firm founded by Governor Sam Houston Jones in Lake Charles.  Beginning in 1997, Yul managed the Lake Charles office of a large statewide law firm.  In February, 2003, Yul formed his own firm, and then joined Middleberg Riddle & Gianna in July of 2010.