Chuck Talley is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. He practices in the Admiralty and Maritime and Oil & Gas practice groups. He has particular experience in admiralty and maritime law, personal injury defense, property damage claims, Corbello litigation, appeals, and oil & gas law.

Chuck has more than 25 years of trial and appellate experience before state and federal courts throughout the United States.

Representative Experience

• Representation of an oil and gas company in a dispute involving damage to an oil and gas reservoir.
• Representation of a pipeline company against oil and gas company for the destruction of an offshore oil and gas platform as well as eight deaths and multiple personal injuries.
• Representation of an oilfield service contractor in a contractual dispute with an oil and gas company for rights and the development of an LNG facility.
• Representation of an offshore drilling rig manufacturer in numerous lawsuits evolving from the collapse of an offshore drilling rig during a hurricane.

Education

Chuck received his J.D. from Florida State University in 1981 where he was a member of the Florida State University Law Review and served as Articles and Notes Editor. He earned B.A., magna cum laude, from Vanderbilt University in 1978.

Admissions

• Admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana and Florida
• Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and the Middle District of Florida, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Memberships

• Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations
• Member, Florida Bar Association
• Member, Mariners Club for the Port of New Orleans
• Member, Maritime Law Association
• Member, Houston Mariners Club
• Member, Risk and Insurance Management Society

Reported Cases

• Simmons Marine, LLC v. Enervest Operating, LLC, 2005, WL 2050283 (E.D.La 8/3/05).
• Commeaux v. Coil Tubing Services, 2004, WL 2984298 (E.D. La. 12/3/04).
• Brunet v. United Gas Pipeline Co., 15 F.3d 500, 1994 A.M.C. 1565, 40 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 598 (5th Cir. 1994).
• Pennzoil Producing Co. v. Offshore Exp., Inc., 943 F.2d 1465, 1994 A.M.C. 1034 (5th Cir. 1991).
• Domar Ocean Transp., Ltd., Div. of Lee-Vac, Ltd. v. M/V ANDREW MARTIN, 754 F.2d 616, 1987 A.M.C. 1370 (5th Cir. 1985).
• Speer v. Taira Lynn Marine, Ltd., 116 F. Supp. 2d 826 (S. D. Tex. 2000).
• Jones v. Dow Chemical Co., 885 F. Supp. 905 (M.D. La. 1994).
• Daughdrill v. Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co., 709 F. Supp. 710 (E.D. La. 1989).
• Daughdrill v. Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co., 702 F. Supp. 1267 (E.D. La. 1988).
• Daughdrill v. Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co., 665 F. Supp. 477 (E.D. La. 1987).
• Delaware Shipping Corp. v. M/V MINI LYMPH, 574 F. Supp. 717, 1985 A.M.C. 1691 (E.D. La. 1983).
• Central Marine Service, Inc. v. Gulf Fleet Marine Corp., 1983 WL 611, 1984 A.M.C. 1019 (E.D. La. 1983).

Lecturer

• Minimizing Risk to the Oil and Gas Operator, Louisiana Mineral Law Institute, 2001.
• Environmental Crimes, Offshore Marine Service Association, New Orleans, 2002.