About Us

Focused Legal Help for People Affected by Legionnaires' Disease

A Legionnaires' disease diagnosis can change a family's life in a matter of days. The illness may lead to hospitalization, lost income, lasting health problems, or the loss of a loved one. It can also leave families with urgent questions: Where did the exposure occur? Could it have been prevented? Who is responsible? 

Legionnaires Lawyers helps individuals and families investigate those questions and understand their legal options. Our work focuses on claims involving exposure to Legionella bacteria in hotels, hospitals, nursing homes, apartment buildings, workplaces, gyms, cruise ships, and other properties with complex water systems. 

Legal Experience Supported by Scientific Investigation 

Legionnaires' disease cases require more than a diagnosis. Establishing a claim may involve reconstructing a person's exposure window, reviewing medical and public-health records, evaluating water-management practices, preserving environmental evidence, and working with qualified experts to identify a likely source. 

Our legal team works with medical professionals, epidemiologists, microbiologists, engineers, industrial hygienists, and other specialists when their knowledge is needed. Together, we evaluate the medical, scientific, and legal evidence and determine whether a property owner, operator, contractor, or other party may have failed to protect the people who relied on them. 

A Team Built Around Your Case 

Every case begins with listening. We want to understand when symptoms began, where you were during the possible exposure period, what testing and treatment you received, and how the illness has affected your health, work, and family. 

If we accept your case, our team can help preserve records, investigate potential exposure sites, communicate with responsible parties and insurers, retain appropriate experts, and pursue compensation through negotiation or litigation. Potential compensation may include medical expenses, lost income, reduced earning capacity, pain and suffering, long-term care needs, and wrongful-death damages, depending on the facts and applicable law. 

Meet the Attorneys 

Lead attorney Gordon McKernan, practicing law since 1992, founded Legionnaires Lawyers to help victims of Legionella contamination nationwide, bringing experience from over 40 personal injury recoveries exceeding $1,000,000 in Louisiana. He works alongside J. Chandler Loupe, a 32-year litigation veteran admitted to try complex cases across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, and Illinois, who secured a landmark $45 million recovery and serves on the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College Board of Directors. Attorney Hayden Bergeron completes the team, focusing on complex outbreak investigations and commercial property liability claims." 

Why Clients Turn to Legionnaires Lawyers 

• Focused investigation. We examine the medical, environmental, and operational evidence needed to understand where an exposure may have occurred.
• Qualified expert resources. We engage appropriate scientific, medical, engineering, and damages experts when a case requires their analysis. 
• Clear communication. We explain the process, important decisions, and next steps in plain language.
• Resources for complex claims. We prepare every accepted matter for the level of investigation and litigation its facts demand. 
• Nationwide coordination. Where permitted, we represent clients directly or work with qualified local counsel based on the jurisdiction and needs of the case. 
• No fee unless there is a recovery. Initial consultations are free, and clients owe no attorney fee unless compensation is recovered.