James Hailey

About James Hailey

For the past seventeen years, I have assisted insurance and corporate clients in detecting, defeating and deterring fraud. I have handled numerous first and third party fraud/bad faith claims, including trucking/transportation staged accidents, passenger stuffing incidents, uninsured motorist defense, suspicious slip and fall and other bodily injury claims, false builder’s risk claims, insurance coverage issues, fire cause and origin investigation, illegal practice of law by public adjusters, material misrepresentations, collusion and theft.My SIU work includes the investigation of the illegal corporate practice of medicine, which has resulted in guilty findings and the forced closings of several medical corporations in Louisiana. I have helped several clients in pursuing civil claims against the administers and owners of these medical corporations, seeking restitution from the corporations as well as individual claimants by various theories of liability, i.e, fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, federal RICO statutes, unjust enrichment and the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act, among others.Additionally, my practice includes defending errors and omissions claims against directors and officers. I am experienced in handling cases involving workers’ compensation, environmental litigation, professional errors and omissions malpractice, toxic tort, lemon law and redhibition, warranty, consumer protection, food-borne illness, general tort litigation, general casualty, civil DWI, and punitive damages. I am admitted to practice in all courts in the State of Louisiana, the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. I have made numerous seminar presentations to clients’ special investigation units (SIU) and to industry personnel, including the Insurance Services Office, National Insurance Crime Bureau and IASIU Chapters, among others.

Experience

1. Partner

   Lewis Brisbois

   Dec 2016 — Present

Education

• Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

  Juris Doctor

  1991 — 1994

• Loyola University New Orleans

  B.S., Economics

  1986 — 1990

Skills

• Claims
• Litigation Management
• Fraud
• Insurance Law
• Claim
• Claims Management
• Litigation
• Courts
• Legal Liability
• Property & Casualty Insurance
• Toxic Tort
• Workers Compensation
• Casualty
• Casualty Insurance
• Personal Injury
• Civil Litigation
• Fraud Claims
• Liability
• Appeals
• Insurance
• Torts
• Product Liability
• Accident