W. Taylor Hale
Work in Hale Law Firm
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Personal Injury, Product Liability, Brain Injury
1735 Ryan Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601
About W. Taylor Hale
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
- Brain Injury
Education
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2008J.D.
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: With Distinction
- Law Journal: Loyola Maritime Law Journal,
- McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 2005B.S.
- Major: Business
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: With Distinction
- Honors: With Honors
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Representative Cases
- Combo Maritime, Inc. vs. U.S. United Bulk Terminal, LLC, et al, 626 F. Supp. 2D 635 (E.D. LA. 2009)
- Robertson v. W&T Offshore, Inc., 712 F.Supp. 2D 515 (W.D. LA. 2010)
- In the Matter of the Petition of Gracie Devall, Inc., as owner of M/V Gracie Renee Devall, and her engines, tackle, appurtenances, furniture, etc., Praying for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, 10-CV-01510 (S.D. Tx. 2010).
- Youngblood v. Rain CII Carbon, 12-cv-00287 (W.D. La. 2013)
- Delta Towing, LLC v. Mike Hooks, Inc., 15-cv-00128 (S.D. Ala. 2015)
- Marquette Transportation Co. Gulf-Inland, LLC v. M/V CHEMBULK WESTPORT, ET AL., 13-6213 c/w 14-2071 (E.D. La. 2016)
- In the Matter of the Complaint of Texas Petroleum Investment Company, as owner and operator of the M/V Michelle, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, 17-CV-263 (W.D. La. 2017).
- Hale v. Wood Group PSN, Inc., 769 Fed. Appx. 113 (5th Cir. 2019) (Dennis, Clement and Owen, J.J.) (per curiam) (maritime personal injury action by an offshore worker injured during a personnel basket transfer to an unmanned fixed platform. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal: (1) affirmed the jury’s award of $3.2 million, including $2.25 million in general damages to worker who underwent two past spinal surgeries; (2) held that it was proper to consider inflation when considering older damage awards to determine whether the jury’s award was excessive).
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 2008
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 2008
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 2008
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 2008
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2008
Other Affiliations
- Southwest Louisiana Bar Association (Treasurer/Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Louisiana State Bar Association (Member)
- Louisiana Association For Justice (Member)
- Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (“SEALI”) (Member)
Past Positions
- Phelps Dunbar LLP, Associate Attorney, 2008 - 2010
- Phelps Dunbar LLP, Law Clerk, 2007
- King Leblanc Bland, Law Clerk, 2007
- Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office, Law Clerk, 2006
Fees
- Accepts Credit Cards
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