Practice Areas: Personal Injury; view more
Licensed in Louisiana since: 2008
Education: Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Selected to Rising Stars: 2015 - 2022 Call today:
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Taylor Hale is an owner/partner at Hale Injury Lawyers, located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Representing clients throughout the state, Mr. Hale focuses his practice in the areas of maritime law and serious personal injury. His maritime practice involves representation of injured Jones Act workers as well as cases arising under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. In his personal injury practice, Mr. Hale assists plaintiffs who have been harmed by the negligence of others in cases involving motor vehicle accidents, company and commercial vehicle accidents, 18 wheeler trucking accidents, construction accidents, slips and falls, defective products and industrial accidents. Mr. Hale has successfully litigated several multimillion dollar cases involving catastrophic injuries and has secured favorable settlements and verdicts for his clients in state and federal court.
Before attending law school, Mr. Hale attended LSU and graduated from McNeese State University cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in business. He then went on to attend Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and was awarded his Juris Doctor in 2008, graduating at the top of his class. While at Loyola, he was a Lemle & Kelleher, LLP scholarship recipient. Mr. Hale served on the Loyola Law Review as an articles editor. His law review article, A Critical Misdiagnosis: Re-Evaluating Louisiana's Medical Malpractice Act, 53 Loy. L. Rev. 463, Fall, 2007, was selected for publication.
Immediately upon graduation from law school, Taylor accepted a job practicing maritime law at the New Orleans insurance defense firm Phelps Dunbar LLP, where he gained extensive experience representing maritime employers, vessel owners, and insurers in a wide variety of matters with a focus on personal injury defense and insurance litigation. Taylor has experience conducting shipboard investigations involving vessel collisions, personal injuries and cargo damage requiring him to liaise with insurers, vessel crewmembers, government actors, and response professionals.
Admitted to practice in Louisiana, he is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
Mr. Hale has been named a Louisiana Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2015-2021. In 2021, Mr. Hale was named a Top Lawyer in of Acadiana, Louisiana by Acadiana Profile magazine. In 2017, Taylor was named a member of The National Trial Lawyer's Top 40 under 40 for the State of Louisiana. In 2012, Taylor was named a Top Trial Lawyer in America and is a Life Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which requires a settlement or verdict over one million dollars on behalf of his clients for membership.
During his time as a plaintiff's attorney, Mr. Hale has been able to obtain significant successful outcomes for his clients, and as a result, he has been named to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a group in which membership is limited to attorneys who have won verdicts and settlements of at least $1 million. Mr. Hale served as Treasurer of the Young Lawyer's Section of the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association and as co-chairman of Holiday Helping Hands. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association, Southwest Louisiana Bar Association, Southwest Louisiana Bar Association, Louisiana Association for Justice, American Association for Justice, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Top Lawyer in Acadiana, Louisiana, and The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 under 40 for the State of Louisiana.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFocus areas
Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 100% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2008, Louisiana
Professional Webpage: http://www.halelawfirm.com/Attorneys/W-taylor-Hale.shtml
- A Critical Misdiagnosis: Re-Evaluating Louisiana's Medical Malpractice Act, 53 Loy. L. Rev. 463, Fall, 2007, Author, A Critical Misdiagnosis: Re-Evaluating Louisiana's Medical Malpractice Act, 53 Loy. L. Rev. 463, Fall, 2007, Loyola Law Review, 2007
- Loyola University College of Law, 2008
- McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, B.S. cum laude, Honors: With Distinction, Honors: With Honors, Honors: Dean's List, Major: Business, 2005, 2005
- Louisiana State University, 2001
- Episcopal Day School, Board of Trustees, Member., 2024
- Holiday Helping Hands donor., 2023
- Episcopal Day School, Board of Trustees, Member., 2023
- Real Men Wear Pink, campaign participant. , 2018
- Holiday Helping Hands, Co-Chairman, 2010 -2011
- SOLACE (Support for Lawyers/Legal Personnel - All Concern Encouraged)
- Wills for Heroes
- Lee-Dee Wholesale Distributing Co Inc v. Markel American Insurance Co., United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division, Civil Action No. 2:22-cv-02297., 2024
- Donald King v. Mike Hooks, LLC, 14th Judicial District Court, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana., 2023
- IN RE TEXAS PETROLEUM INVESTMENT CO. as owner and operator of the M/V MICHELLE, United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division, Civil Action No. 2:17-cv-0263., 2020
- 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)., 2018
- Marquette Transportation Co. Gulf-Inland, LLC v. M/V CHEMBULK WESTPORT, ET AL., 13-6213 c/w 14-2071 (E.D. La. 2016), 2016
- 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)., 2010
- Combo Maritime, Inc. vs. U.S. United Bulk Terminal, LLC, et al, 626 F. Supp. 2D 635 (E.D. LA. 2009)
- Delta Towing, LLC v. Mike Hooks, Inc., 15-cv-00128 (S.D. Ala. 2015)
- Youngblood v. Rain CII Carbon, 12-cv-00287 (W.D. La. 2013)
- Robertson v. W&T Offshore, Inc., 712 F.Supp. 2D 515 (W.D. LA. 2010)
- Louisiana Association for Justice, Member, 2024
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Member., 2024
- Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (“SEALI”), Member, 2024
- Southwest Louisiana Bar Association, Member., 2024
- Louisiana, 2008
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2008
- American Bar Association, Member
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 2008
- American Association for Justice, 2017
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Member
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 2008
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 2008
- Southwest Louisiana Bar Association, Treasurer/Member
- Top Lawyer in Acadiana, Personal Injury, Acadiana Profile Magazine, 2024
- Louisiana Super Lawyer, Rising Star, Louisiana Super Lawyer, 2022
- Top Lawyer in Acadiana, Personal Injury, Acadiana Profile Magazine, 2021
- Louisiana Super Lawyer, Rising Star, Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2021
- Louisiana Super Lawyer Rising Star, Louisiana Super Lawyer, 2020
- Top Lawyer in Acadiana, Personal Injury, Acadiana Profile, 2019
- Louisiana Super Lawyer Rising Star, Louisiana Super Lawyer, 2019
- Louisiana Super Lawyer Rising Star, Louisiana Super Lawyer Magazine, 2018
- Jury verdict recognized as one of the Top 50 Work Accident Verdicts in the U.S. in 2018 by Top Verdict, for jury verdict in 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)., Top 50 Work Accident Verdict in the U.S., Top Verdict, 2018
- Louisiana Super Lawyer Rising Star, Louisiana Super Lawyer, 2017
- The National Trial Lawyer's Top 40 under 40, National Trial Lawyer, 2017
- Louisiana Super Lawyer Rising Star, Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2016
- Louisiana Super Lawyer Rising Star, Louisiana Super Lawyer, 2015
- Requires verdict or settlement in excess of 1 million dollars on behalf of client., Million Dollar Advocate, Life Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2012
- Named to Top Trial Lawyers in America, 2012
- Phelps Dunbar, LLP - Associate Attorney
- Lemle & Kelleher, LLP Scholarship Recipient, 2007-2008
- Loyola Law Review, 2006 - 2008
- Who's Who Among Students in Am. Univ. & Colleges
- Maritime and offshore workers., 2024
- Catastrophic injury and wrongful death., 2024
- Workplace injuries., 2024
- Jones Act seamen., 2024
- Injured persons.
- https://www.tradewindsnews.com/weekly/trial-looms-in-scrum-over-wake-sinking-allegations/1-1-366800 Our law firm handled this maritime case on the Mississippi River in New Orleans. The case was picked up and covered by the global maritime magazine Tradewinds, who quoted attorney Taylor Hale in its coverage of the case pending in federal court. We were proud to represent the captain who was seriously injured when the tug he was aboard capsized and sank due to the wake generated from a passing chemical tanker and towboat while the captain was off watch and sleeping., 2015
- Jury verdict recognized as one of the Top 50 Work Accident Verdicts in the U.S. in 2018 by Top Verdict, for jury verdict in 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)., 2018
- Admiralty/Maritime injuries
- Automobile and Trucking injuries
- Back and Neck Injuries
- Brain Injury
- Head
- Jones Act Injuries
- Offshore Injuries
- Wrongful Death
These comments were made by fellow attorneys during the annual nomination process.
“Honest, hard working lawyer.”
“Taylor's legal writing, depositions, and analytical skills are excellent.”
“Taylor works around the clock and hard cases. He has tried several good cases to veridct recently and won the appeals with great writing. ”
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2015 - 2022
