Helen M. Dunaway is an associate with Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, joining the firm in August 2022. Helen’s main practice areas include multidistrict litigation, pharmaceutical cases, class action suits, and more. Helen also has experience in handling succession matters.

Helen received an undergraduate degree in Philosophy with a minor in Spanish from Louisiana State University in 2019. She then earned her Juris Doctorate and Doctorate of Comparative Law from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2022. In 2022, Helen received a CALI Award after achieving the top grade in her class in Jurisprudence.

Helen has an extensive background with volunteer work, including drafting and executing wills at events for the Wills for Heroes Foundation. In law school, she served as the Community Service Chair for the Public Interest Law Society, where she organized school- and city-wide days of community service, coordinated Halloween costume drives for children, and facilitated donations of needed goods to victims of human trafficking. Helen is also conversationally fluent in Spanish. When not at the office, Helen can be found reading, sewing, or spending time with her dogs, cats, and husband.