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Keith B. Hall
Areas of Emphasis:
• Commercial Litigation
• Oil and Gas Litigation
• Toxic Tort Litigation
Mr. Hall joined Stone Pigman in 1996 and is a member of the firm. He focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, oil and gas disputes, and defending clients in class actions and individual actions involving allegations of personal injury or property damage due to chemical exposure. He was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1996.
Representative Matters
Defended a major publicly traded gaming company in a lawsuit alleging corruption and other wrongdoing in connection with obtaining a riverboat gaming license in Louisiana; obtained dismissal of federal RICO and antitrust claims, and subsequently obtained a favorable settlement of remaining state law claims.
Currently defending a client in a class action in which plaintiffs allege exposure to toxic mold.
Defended a client against an administrative complaint in which the EPA alleged Superfund and Community Right-to-Know Act violations. Six of seven counts were dismissed and the seventh was settled on favorable terms.
Defended a scrap-metal-industry client in a successful effort to defeat class certification in litigation brought by plaintiffs claiming property damage due to alleged contamination from metal fumes.
Defended an industrial client in a case in which several hundred plaintiffs alleged illness due to exposure to noxious fumes; after a bench trial, the court entered judgment in favor of the industrial client.
Served as the lead environmental counsel in advising a paper-industry client on the regulatory, permit, liability, and contractual indemnity issues raised by the client's purchase of a paper mill in Louisiana. Education
Mr. Hall received his law degree, summa cum laude, from Loyola University School of Law in 1996. At Loyola, he was chosen to Moot Court and served as Managing Editor of the Loyola Law Review, 1995-96. He graduated from Louisiana State University with an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering in 1985. Professional and Civic Activities
Mr. Hall is a member of the American, Louisiana State, New Orleans and Jefferson Parish Bar Associations, and prior to beginning the practice of law, was a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a Registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana. Publications
"Discovery," Chapter 11 of Louisiana Civil Practice Forms (2008)
Recent Developments: Environmental Law, August/September 2003 Louisiana Bar Journal
Environmental issues panelist for "How to Close a Commercial Real Estate Transaction," 2003 Convention of the National Bar Association
Panelist for Environmental Law Roundtable, 2001 Conference of International Municipal Lawyers Association
Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure, Fifth Circuit Symposium, 46 Loy. L. Rev. 101 (2000)
Evidentiary Presumptions, 72 Tul. L. Rev. 1321 (1998)
In re American Waste: A Clumsy Expansion of the Right to Litigate Environmental Issues, 41 Loy. L. Rev. 353 (1995)
Teaching Positions
Mr. Hall teaches Mineral Law as an adjunct professor at Loyola University School of Law.
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