loading
{{searchMessage}}
  • {{item.N}}
Payment
Thomas R. Temple, Jr.

Thomas R. Temple, Jr.

Partner in Baton Rouge
(225) 381-8024 | Email Me

Services

Temple, Jr. R. Thomas

Thomas R. Temple, Jr.

Partner in Baton Rouge
(225) 381-8024 | Email Me

Thomas Temple's broad areas of practice include class action litigation, medical malpractice defense and other healthcare-related issues, toxic tort litigation, insurance coverage litigation, products liability defense, transportation and construction general liability claims, as well as a variety of other types of casualty litigation.

Thomas is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Breazeale Sachse. He is a member of the firm's Management Committee and is currently the head of the firm’s Insurance Industry Team. Thomas attended Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, obtaining a Bachelor of Business Administration with a minor in Economics. He received his J.D. from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. Thomas has an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Admissions

  • Admitted to practice in all Louisiana State and Federal Courts, including the United States Fifth Circuit.

Education

  • Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, J.D., 1998
  • Millsaps College, Bachelor of Business Administration with a minor in Economics, 1995

Memberships & Activities

  • Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
  • American Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • Baton Rouge Bar Association

Awards & Recognition

  • Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® (Since 2015)
  • Selected Lawyer of the Year, in Commercial Litigation in Baton Rouge by The Best Lawyers in America® 2018, in Mass Tort Litigation, Class Actions - Defendants, in Baton Rouge by The Best Lawyers in America® 2021
  • 2011 Recipient of the Top Forty Under Forty, Baton Rouge Business Report
  • AV® PreeminentTM Peer Review RatedTM
  • Listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Civil Litigation: Defense, since 2018
  • Named a "Rising Star" in the area of Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice the 2012-2013 and 2016-2017 editions of Louisiana Super Lawyers

Community Involvement

  • American Heart Association, Board member
  • Baton Rouge Area Chamber Leadership Program (2008)
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge, Chairman of Louisiana Area Counsel, Board of Trustees
  • Council for a Better Louisiana, Leadership Louisiana (2010)
  • Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, Board of Directors
  • West Feliciana Historical Society, Board of Directors

Presentations

  • He has lectured on legislative developments regarding tort reform and judicial developments in tort.

Resources

Cases

  • Represented companies in toxic tort class action involving alleged injurious exposure to products of the representative companies.
  • Extensive work with healthcare providers on informed consent issues, end of life issues, elderly care issues, and interdictions.

  • Represented insurers and policyholders in insurance coverage disputes involving health insurance claims, automobile insurance claims and commercial liability insurance claims, as well as property insurance claims including business interruption.
  • Represented various types of businesses in defending against premises liability claims.
  • Represented a major railroad with regard to crossing accidents and FELA claims.
  • Represented hospitals in medical malpractice litigation.
  • Represented insurance companies in defense of class action claims, including a class action filed against an auto insurer for first party diminished value claims.
  • Represented companies with regard to litigation involving industrial accidents.

Services

WebmailDisclaimer© {{year}} Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P.

Attorney Advertising: The choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely on advertisements. Past results afford no guarantee of future results. Each case must be judged on its own merits.

Website by FirmWise

Attorney Search

Filter
Loading... No results.
attorney.J
{{attorney.N}} {{attorney.R}}
{{attorney.O}}
{{attorney.E}}
{{attorney.P}}