Chip Wagar
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Work in Wagar Hickman, LLC
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 44 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Commercial Law, Product Liability
1590 West Approach, Suite 2, Mandeville, LA 70471
About Chip Wagar
Practice Areas
- Medical Malpractice
- Commercial Law
- Product Liability
Education
- Tulane Law School, New Orleans, LouisianaJuris Doctor
- Honors: cum laude
- George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1976B.A.
- Major: International Affairs
Representative Cases
- Bell v. Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. of Louisiana, 2010 WL 2089236 (La. App. 5 Cir. 2010)
- Tokio Marine v. ABB, Inc., 2010 WL 1881890 (M.D. La. 2010)
- Boudreaux v. Deutz Corp., 2010 WL 1838650 (E.D. La. 2010)
- Kaplon v. Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. Of Louisiana, 2010 WL 1727857 (La. App. 4 Cir. 2010)
- Bohannon v. Johnson Food Equipment, Inc., 2010 WL 716427 (E.D. Ark. 2010)
- Bohannon v. Johnson Food Equipment, Inc., 2010 WL 716430 (E.D. Ark. 2010)
- Bell v. Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. of Louisiana, 31 So.3d 446 (La. App. 5 Cir. 2010)
- Colonial Claims Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, 2009 WL 1409976 (E.D. La. 2009)
- Thibodeaux v. Williamson, 9 So.3d 1075 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2009)
- Bell v. Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. of Louisiana, 8 So.3d 64 (La. App. 5 Cir. 2009)
- Trahan v. Devon Energy Production Co., 2009 WL 56911 (W.D. La. 2009)
- Picard v. Kirk Key Interiock Co., LLC, 2008 WL 565465 (M.D. La. 2008)
- Parker v. Arco Oil & Gas Co., 2007 WL 4299426 (E.D. La. 2007)
- Marketfare Annunciation, LLC v. United Fire & Cas. Co., 2007 WL 4144944 (E.D. La. 2007)
- Whitehead v. ABB Lummus Global BV, 235 Fed. Appx. 241 (5th Cir.(La.) 2007)
- Meadors Disaster Recovery, Ltd. v. Haynie, 2007 WL 1655918 (E.D. Tex. 2007)
- Regan v. Respironics, Inc., 2007 WL 550064 (E.D. La. 2007)
- Foreman v. Auto Club Family Ins.o., 2007 WL 38365 (E.D. La. 2007)
- Steward v. P O Investments Inc., 191 Fed. Appx. 271 (5th Cir.(La.) 2006)
- Smith v. Gaubert Oil Co., Inc., 169 Fed. Appx. 920 (5th Cir.(La.) 2006)
- Gulf South Pipeline Co., LP v. Devon Energy Corp., 2006 WL 622725 (E.D. La. 2006)
- Dishon v. Ponthie, 918 So.2d 1132 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2005)
- Steward v. P.O. Investments, Inc., 2005 WL 1630051 (W.D. La. 2005)
- Smith v. Enervest Operating, L.L.C., 2005 WL 1630023 (W.D. La. 2005)
- Ventola v. Hall, 861 So.2d 677 (La. App. 5 Cir. 2003)
- Terry F. Day, Inc. v. Moore, 815 So.2d 335 (La. App. 4 Cir. 2002)
- Louisiana Gaming Management, Inc. v. Calegan, 786 So.2d 159 (La. App. 4 Cir. 2001)
- Applegarth v. Transamerican Refining Corp., 781 So.2d 804 (La. App. 5 Cir. 2001)
- Crane v. Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., 743 So.2d 780 (La. App. 5 Cir. 1999)
- Baye v. Samson Ocean Systems, Inc., 734 So.2d 147 (La. App. 5 Cir. 1999)
- Specialty Food Systems, Inc. v. Reliance Ins. Co. of Illinois, 45 F.Supp.2d 541 (E.D. La. 1999)
- Layman v. City of New Orleans ex rel. New Orleans Convention, 753 So.2d 254 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1998)
- McGregor v. Boudreaux and Lamy, 727 So.2d 1177 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1998)
- Shamsnia v. United Sen/ices Auto. Ass'n, 701 So.2d 1051 (La. App. 5 Cir. 1997)
- Averett v. Diamond Offshore Drilling Services, Inc., 980 F. Supp. 855 (E.D. La. 1997)
- Tello on Behalf of Tello v. Ramada Inn, Inc., 697 So.2d 358 (La. App. 5 Cir. 1997)
- Hays v. Hansen, 692 So.2d 3 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1997)
- Dunne v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 679 So.2d 1034 (La. App. 1 Cir. 1996)
- Noble v. Armstrong, 670 So.2d 1280 (La. App. 5 Cir. 1996)
- Debaillon v. Steffes, 195 B.R. 362 (M.D. La. 1996)
- Ritchey v. Ledoux, 164 F.R.D. 186 (E.D. La. 1995)
- Goldman v. Offshore Nav. Inc., 662 So.2d 31 (La. App. 5 Cir. 1995)
- Beis v. Bowers, 649 So.2d 1094 (La.App. 4 Cir. 1995)
- Ferruzzi, U.S.A., Inc. v. RJ. Tricon Co., Inc., 645 So.2d 685 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1994)
- Noble v. Armstrong, 635 So.2d 1199 (La. App. 5 Cir. 1994)
- Washington v. Department of Transp., 8 F.3d 296 (5th Cir.(La.) 1993)
- Doucet v. City of Eunice, 620 So.2d 519 (La. App. 3 Cir. 1993)
- Caston v. Centers for Psychotherapy, Inc., 619 So.2d 1140 (La. App. 4 Cir. 1993)
- Loeber v. U.S., 803 F. Supp. 1154 (E.D. La. 1992)
- Fanguy v. Lexington Insurance Company
- Butler v. Bevrotte, et al
- Dupree v. José (Joseph) Nelson Dorta, et al
- Terre Matranga, et al v. Parish Anesthesia of Jefferson, LLC, et al
Classes and Seminars
- NITA Gulf Coast Deposition Program, NITA, 1998 - Present
- NITA Trial Academy, 1993 - Present
- Trial Advocacy, National Institute of Trial Advocacy
- Adjunct Professor, Medical Malpractice Law, Loyola University’s College of Law
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1979
- Texas, 1981
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1979
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1979
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1979
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1979
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1981
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, pro hac vice
- Pennsylvania
- Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, pro hac vice
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Mississippi
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1980
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2010
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2010
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2015
Other Affiliations
- International Association of Defense Counsel, 1986 - Present (Member)
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1993 - Present (Faculty)
- Louisiana Organization for Judicial Excellence, 2007 - Present (President)
- Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)
- Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- Louisiana State Bar Association (Member)
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)
- Texas Bar Association (Member)
Past Positions
- Hailey, McNamara, Partner, 1981 - 1995
- Exxon Corporation, Attorney, 1979 - 1981
- Wagar Richard Kutcher Tygier & Luminais, LLP, Partner, 1982 - 1996
- Wagar Richard Kutcher Tygier & Luminais, LLP, Founding Partner, 1996 - 2018
- Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Partner, 1982 - 1986
- Exxon Corporation, Exxon USA, Attorney, Litigation, and E&P, 1979 - 1982
Articles
Published Works
- Author, An American in Vienna, iUniverse, 2011
- Author, The Carpathian Assignment; Createspace, 2014
- Author, Double Emperor, The Life and Times of Francis of Austria
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- Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice
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