Professional Experience

Following graduation from Loyola Law School in 1990, J. Price McNamara served as a federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable John M. Shaw, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana, until 1991. He then spent years defending vessel owners, drilling contractors, fire, casualty, automobile insurers and others in a broad range of personal injury claims with the law firm of Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, while earning an advanced law degree from Tulane Law School at night. In 1995, Mr. McNamara left the defense practice to serve two years representing the State of Louisiana as a Felony Trial Division Prosecutor with the Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office.

In 1995, Mr. McNamara founded the Law Office of J. Price McNamara, where he now puts his past experience to work for the individual clients he represents in both federal and state courts in a broad range of personal injury and other civil litigation, as well as criminal defense matters. Practice areas include: Personal Injury, ERISA, Long Term Disability, Insurance Claims, Fire, Casualty, Maritime, Offshore, Workers' Compensation (including State and Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act), Contract and Business Litigation, Wills, Successions, Estates; federal and state court Criminal Defense.

Biography

J. PRICE McNAMARA, Born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 23, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Courts, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana.  Education: Jesuit High School (Graduate, 1982), Airtaix School of Aviation (licensed single engine land and sea planes, 1983), Loyola University (BBA, 1987; J.D., 1990), Tulane University (LL.M., 1995).  Professional Experience: Law Clerk to the Honorable John M. Shaw, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1990 to 1991.  Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, Louisiana,  federal and state court general civil litigation concentrating in personal injury, insurance and contractual aspects of Maritime, Environmental, Chemical Exposure, Products Liability, Fire and Casualty and Workers' Compensation law (including State and Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act), 1991 to 1995. Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office, Felony Trial Division Prosecutor, Gretna, Louisiana, 1995 to 1997.   Current Practice: Law Office of J. Price McNamara, Metairie, Louisiana, federal and state court general civil litigation concentrating in areas listed below, as well as federal and state court Criminal Defense, 1995 to present.  Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal, Fifth Circuit and American Bar Associations, the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Federal Criminal Justice Act Panel of the Eastern District of Louisiana.  Current Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, concentrating in Personal Injury, ERISA, Long Term Disability, Insurance Claims, Fire, Casualty, Maritime, Offshore, Workers' Compensation (including State and Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act), Contract and Business Litigation, Wills, Successions, Estates; federal and state court Criminal Defense