Chuck Talley is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. He practices in the admiralty and maritime, and oil and gas practice groups. Chuck has particular experience in admiralty and maritime law, personal injury defense, including defense of Jones Act seaman claims, property damage claims, Corbello litigation, appeals, and oil & gas law. He has more than 31 years of trial and appellate experience before state and federal courts throughout the United States.
Chuck is listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2008-2019. He is also listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2020.
Chuck was selected by New Orleans CityBusiness as a 2014 Leadership in Law Award recipient.
Chuck earned B.A., magna cum laude, from Vanderbilt University in 1978. He earned his J.D. in 1981 from Florida State University where he was a member of the Florida State University Law Review and served as Articles and Notes Editor.
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
- Maritime Law
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Legacy Oil Field Sites
- Loss Recovery Litigation
- Florida
- Louisiana
- 5th Circuit
- United States District Courts for the Eastern Districts of Louisiana
- United States District Courts for the Middle District of Florida
- United States District Courts for the Middle Districts of Louisiana
- United States District Courts for the Western Districts of Louisiana
- English
- Partner
- Kean Miller LLP
- - Current
- Partner
- Lemle & Kelleher, LLP
- -
- Florida State University College of Law
- J.D. | Law
- Activities: Member of the Florida State University Law Review, Articles and Notes Editor.
- Vanderbilt University
- B.A.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Leadership in Law Award
- New Orleans CityBusiness
- Best Lawyers
- Best Lawyers
- Super Lawyer
- Louisiana Super Lawyers
- For 10 Years
- AV Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Florida State Bar  # 336483
- Member
- Current
- Louisiana State Bar
- Member
- Current
- Federal Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Mariners Club for the Port of New Orleans
- Member
- Current
- Maritime Law Association
- Member
- Current
- Environmental Crimes, Offshore Marine Service Association, New Orleans
- 2002
- Minimizing Risk to the Oil and Gas Operator, Louisiana Mineral Law Institute
- 2001