Ault is a partner in, and past practice coordinator of, the commercial litigation group in the New Orleans office. For more than 20 years, he has counseled corporate and individual clients on a full range of disputes. A significant portion of Ault's practice is in the area of bankruptcy and creditors' rights law. He is Board Certified at both the national and state level in the area of business bankruptcy, and is the current Chairman of the Bankruptcy Committee of the New Orleans Bar Association. Ault is among a select group of lawyers recognized in the category of Bankruptcy/Restructuring, listed in a nationwide client survey published in Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business. He is also recognized as a leading practitioner in the areas of Bankruptcy/Creditor-Debtor Rights Law and Business Litigation in The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers, respectively.

Ault's multi-state practice includes the handling of complex commercial and tort litigation matters. He handles disputes in both federal and state court, including products liability disputes, contract and lease disputes, construction disputes, supplier disputes, surety matters, intellectual property disputes, 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.

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

• New Orleans Bar Association (Chairman of the Bankruptcy Committee), Louisiana State Bar Association, American Bar Association and Federal Bar Association
• Admitted to practice in all Texas and Louisiana state and federal courts

• American Board of Certification - Board Certified - Business Bankruptcy Law 
• Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization - Board Certified - Business Bankruptcy Law Specialist

• Co-author: "A Bankruptcy Principal: Defining Construction Surety's Interest in Contract Balances," Defense Counsel Journal, Volume 58, Number 1 (January 1991)
• Numerous lectures/speeches on various topics within field of practice

Bankruptcy:

• Representation of numerous clients with claims in bankruptcy proceedings.
• Representation as debtor's counsel for a 1,200+ person regional restaurant franchise in reorganization effort.
• Representation of a variety of creditors in defending preferential transfer and other avoidance actions by bankruptcy estates in numerous cases.
• Representation of a chemical company in acquisition of significant industrial plant assets sold in bankruptcy proceedings.
• Representation of purchaser in acquisition of manufacturing concern out of the bankruptcy court.
• Representation of purchaser in acquisition of certain oil and gas properties out of the bankruptcy court.
• 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.

• Defense of corporate pharmaceutical defendant in thimerosal litigation across multiple states.
• Defense of named defendant in welding rod litigation across multiple suits.
• Defense of financial institution and officers in class action brought to contest merger.
• Representation of marine company in redhibition suit (engines).
• Defense of corporate and individual defendants in $100 million lawsuit arising from the sale of oil and gas properties in south Louisiana.
• 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.
• Representation of terminal operator in assertion of reclamation rights.
• Defense of servitudes and related rights of third party in connection with sale of chemical facility.