Gayla M. Moncla

Gayla Moncla is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller and practices in the areas of toxic tort and environmental litigation, premises liability, and commercial litigation. She has more than 25 years of experience in the chemical and petrochemical industries, defending workplace accidents, chemical exposure cases, products liability cases, as well as advising clients regarding workplace safety issues and OSHA regulations. Gayla also has experience in retail premises litigation having defended retail clients for over 25 years.

Gayla earned her B.S. from Louisiana State University in 1973. She earned her J.D. in 1989 from the LSU Law Center where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Torts and in Advanced Litigation Clinic. Gayla has served as an Adjunct Professor of Appellate Advocacy at the LSU Law Center. She presently serves on the Civil Procedure Committee of the Louisiana Law Institute.

Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University

J.D. | Law

1989

Honors: Member of the Order of the Coif and a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Torts and in Advanced Litigation Clinic.

Louisiana State University

B.S.

1973

Partner

Kean Miller LLP

Current

Abandonment: An Evolving Concept of Liberative Prescription

Louisiana Law Review

Louisiana Law Institute

Member

Current

Activities: Code of Civil Procedure Committee

American Bar Association

Member

Current

Baton Rouge Bar Association

Member

Current

Activities: Lawyers in the Classroom Committee, Publications Committee

Louisiana State Bar

Member

Current

Louisiana Law Institute Code of Civil Procedure Committee

Member

Current

Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel

Member

Current

Louisiana

Since 1989

5th Circuit

United States District Courts for the Western Districts of Louisiana

United States District Courts for the Eastern Districts of Louisiana

United States District Courts for the Middle Districts of Louisiana

• Hearing Loss Defense
• Occupational Exposure and Toxic Tort Litigation
• Toxic Tort Litigation