MEDIATORS
David H. Hanchey
Mr. Hanchey is a managing member of the Hanchey Law Firm, L.L.C., located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. With twenty years of legal experience spanning over both defense and plaintiff work, he has practiced in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, maritime, insurance, bad faith insurance claims, property & casualty, toxic torts, contractual disputes, redhibition and general litigation. Additionally, he has handled class action cases for plaintiffs and defendants including class certification hearings and class action trials.
Mr. Hanchey graduated from Louisiana State University in 1985 with a B.S. in Finance and in 1989 with a J.D. from Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University. He also completed a 40-hour Mediation Certification Course from the University of Houston Law Center, Blakely Advocacy Institute – AA White DRC in 2006.
Areas of Concentration
Personal Injury
Wrongful Death
Product Liability
Maritime
Insurance
Bad Faith Insurance Claims
Property & Casualty
Toxic Torts
Contractual Disputes
Redhibition
Education
B.S., Louisiana State University (1985)
J.D., Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University (1989)
Background
40-Hour Mediation Certification Course, University of Houston Law Center, Blakely Advocacy Institute - AA White DRC, completed August 2006
Southwest Louisiana Bar Association (Executive Council 2002-2007; President 2006; Chair of First Bench Bar Conference 2005) (Committee Chair of the Year 2002, 2005; President's Outstanding Service Award 2005)
Member of Louisiana Association for Justice, Louisiana State Bar Association, Texas Bar Association and Southwest Louisiana Bar Association
Continuing legal education lecturer for Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State Bar Association, Southwest Louisiana Bar Association and Louisiana Association for Justice on various topics including insurance law, bad faith insurance claims, professionalism and ethics
Bar Admissions
Louisiana and Texas State Bar Associations
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Courts for the Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Louisiana
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
