Chip Wagar Metairie, Louisiana,
| Managing Partner | |
| phone | 504-830-3841 (Direct Dial) 504-830-3838 |
| fax | 504-836-9541 (Direct Fax) |
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Attorney Chip Wagar, featured as Top Attorney in Fall 2009 Jefferson Life
Attorney Chip Wagar featured in Sophisticated Woman
Chip is also an award-winning author. You can visit his website at http://anamericaninvienna.com/.
- Areas of Practice:
- Admiralty / Maritime
- Commercial
- Insurance Coverage
- Medical Malpractice
- Products Liability
- Toxic Tort
- Trucking Casualty
- 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
- Education:
- Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude - George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia,
1976
B.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)
- Representative Clients:
- Atwood Oceanics, Inc.
- Berkley Risk Administrators
- Devon Energy Corporation
- HDI-Gerling America Insurance Group
- Shop Vac Corporation
- Texas General Agency
- The ABB Group
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- NITA Gulf Coast Deposition Program, NITA, 1998 - Present
- NITA Trial Academy, 1993 - Present
- Honors and Awards:
- Marquis "Who's Who in American Law"
- New Orleans City Business Magazine, "New Orleans 50 Leaders in Law", 2006
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- 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
- Past Employment Positions:
- Hailey, McNamara, Partner, 1981 - 1995
- Exxon Corporation, Attorney, 1979 - 1981
- Pro Bono Activities:
- New Orleans Public Defenders, 2005 - 2007
- Ancillary Businesses:
- Provider: Texas Dept. of Insurance; Continuing Education
