Harry (“Hal”) McClellan Moffett, IV is a partner in the New Orleans office of Breazeale Sachse. Mr. Moffett joined Breazeale Sachse after 22 years at a law firm founded in Monroe, Louisiana. At his former law firm, Mr. Moffett helped to expand its practice areas all over the state of Louisiana, resulting in the opening of an office in New Orleans in 2013. Mr. Moffett has handled complex state and federal litigation cases all over the state of Louisiana and joined Breazeale Sachse as a partner in February 2018. His primary areas of practice focus on the defense of health care providers including hospitals (tertiary, outpatient surgical centers, behavioral health facilities, and long term care and senior living facilities), nurses, physicians, dentists, and advanced practice professionals (physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and certified registered nurse anesthetists) in medical malpractice, administrative, and legal proceedings.
Hospital clients include service district hospitals, insured hospitals, and large self-insured national hospital groups. Mr. Moffett also represents physician groups and has extensive experience defending physicians in medical malpractice proceedings in practice areas including, but not limited to cardiology, cardiothoracic/vascular surgery, critical care, emergency medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, neurosurgery, orthopedics, otolaryngology and maxillofacial surgery, pulmonology, and rehabilitative medicine. Mr. Moffett also represents a large pharmacy insurer and has defended pharmacies and pharmacists all over the state of Louisiana.
In addition to his health care practice, Mr. Moffett has always maintained a general civil litigation practice including insurance defense (auto, bad faith, commercial general liability, and insurance coverage). He has also represented several large commercial trucking companies and construction companies in wrongful death and paralysis cases, requiring him to be familiar with federal and state standards and requirements such as Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. In the defense of construction companies he has also litigated construction disputes, construction defect cases, and contractual liabilities requiring interpretation and application of Louisiana State Uniform Construction Codes, International Building Codes, National Fire Protection Association Standards, Load and Resistance Design Factors, and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials standards.
Mr. Moffett received his B.A. from Tulane University in 1990. Then, after working for Tulane University for two years, he started law school and obtained his J.D. from Tulane University School of Law in 1995. He has an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating from Martindale Hubbell.
