Ault is a partner in the commercial litigation group in the New Orleans office. For more than 18 years, Ault has counseled corporate and individual clients on a full range of business related disputes, both in litigation and planning. Ault's practice includes the handling of complex commercial litigation matters in both federal and state court, including contract and lease disputes, construction disputes, supplier disputes, surety matters, intellectual property disputes, business torts, lender liability, director and officer matters, insurance regulatory matters, franchisor/franchisee disputes, and the protection and enforcement of debtor's and creditors' rights generally in the non-bankruptcy context. Within the past year alone, Ault has represented clients in matters before courts in California, Indiana, Kansas, Delaware, New Jersey, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana. With regard to the latter, Ault is Board Certified at both the national and state level in the area of business bankruptcy, and is the Chairman of the Bankruptcy Committee of the New Orleans Bar Association. He is also among a select group of lawyers, recognized in the category of Corporate/M&A: Bankruptcy, listed in a nationwide client survey published in Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business.  In addition, he is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law.

• Louisiana State University, J.D., 1986; B.S. in Finance, 1983

• Board Certified - Business Bankruptcy Law - American Board of Certification
• Board Certified - Business Bankruptcy Law Specialist - Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization
• Member: New Orleans Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; Texas State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association

• Co-author: “A Bankrupt Principle: Defining Construction Surety’s Interest in Contract Balances,” Defense Counsel Journal, Volume 58, Number 1 (January 1991).

• Successful defense of corporate and individual defendants in $100 million lawsuit arising from the sale of oil and gas properties in south Louisiana.
• Successful representation of marine service company in connection with dispute with shipyard over breach of multiple shipbuilding contracts.
• Defense of multiple clients in actions for copyright infringement and related claims.
• Defense of client in multiple subcontractor/supplier claims arising from industrial construction project.
• Defense of industrial client in action for breach of supplier contract.
• Defense of numerous clients in contract and business tort actions, including defense of contract and business tort claims asserted against a national relocation service.
• Representation of both financial institutions and individual officers and directors in defense of lender liability, director and officer liability, and related claims.
• Representation of clients in franchisor/franchisee disputes.
• Successful representation of terminal operator in assertion of reclamation rights.
• Successful defense of servitudes and related rights of third party in connection with sale of chemical facility.
• Representation of numerous corporate and individual clients in the handling of claims and the preservation of contract and other rights in the bankruptcy context, and in the defense of avoidance actions arising from such proceedings.
• Bankruptcy advises to numerous clients in connection with the drafting of commercial contracts, leases and related documents.
• Representation of a chemical company in successful acquisition of significant industrial plant assets sold in bankruptcy proceedings.
• Representation of purchaser in successful acquisition of manufacturing concern out of the bankruptcy court.
• Representation of purchaser in successful acquisition of certain oil and gas properties out of the bankruptcy court.