Biography
Floyd A. Hale, Esq.has arbitrated and mediated hundreds of personal injury and tort cases since joining JAMS in 2005. With 25 years of practice and 8 years serving as a special master, arbitrator and mediator, Mr. Hale possesses a deep understanding of the legal, psychological, and physical hurdles that can often prohibit personal injury and tort cases from being resolved.
Representative Matters
Mr. Hale has handled many personal injury/tort cases encompassing a wide range of legal issues. Many have involved:
- Assault
- Automotive
- Heard numerous disputes with issues relating to motor vehicle accidents, medical bills sustained, future medical bills, lost wages, attorney's fees, etc.
- Common Carrier Accidents
- Personal injury disputes involving motor vehicles, commercial aircraft and private aircraft, rail transport, etc.
- Construction Defect
- Consumer Fraud
- Contracts
- Serves on panels regarding personal injury and contracts
- Elder Abuse
- Environmental Disputes
- Excessive Force During Police Action
- Indemnity Agreements
- Insurance Coverage
- Has handled many cases involving uninsured and underinsured matters, policy deductible disputes, breach of contract, unfair practices, bad faith in settling claims, etc.
- Serves on panels regarding personal injury, contracts and insurance
- Legal Malpractice
- Lemon Law
- Libel/Slander
- Malicious Prosecution
- Medical Malpractice
- Disputes involving doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, physicians, psychiatrists/psychologists, therapists, etc.
- Experienced with issues related to injuries resulting from medical care, medical bills sustained, future medical bills, lost wages, future cost of care, etc.
- Multidistrict Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Mediated numerous disputes related to personal injuries sustained on private property
- Premise Liability
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Heard matters related to personal injuries resulting from professional negligence
- Property Damage
- Sports Accidents
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual harrassment, sexual battery, sexual assault, disputes involving minors, etc.
- Trademark Infringement
- Workplace Injuries
- Wrongful Death
- Served 22 years as a Nevada Bar Examiner
- Recognized as one of the “500 Leading Judges in America,” by Lawdragon Magazine, 2006
- A/V rated by Martindale Hubbell
- Member, State Bar of Nevada
- Member, State Bar of Oklahoma
- Former Director of Clark County Bar Association
- Appointed as a Nevada Supreme Court Settlement Judge
- Appointed by the Nevada Supreme Court as a bar examiner for the State Bar of Nevada
- Admitted to practice: Nevada, 1975; Oklahoma, 1974; United States District Court, District of Nevada, 1975; United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1980; United States Supreme Court, 1980
- Lecturer for seminars sponsored by the Nevada Bar Association, Clark County Nevada Bar Association, and the National Business Institute, Inc.
- Author: "Implied Covenants with Common Oil Leasee," Tulsa Law Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1973
- Contributing author: "Nevada Civil Practice Manual," Nevada Bar Association, 1988
- Arbitrator, Mediator, and Special Master; former partner for 30 years in litigation firm: Edwards, Hale, Sturman & Cushing (which merged with the Wilson Elser firm with offices worldwide)
- J.D., University of Tulsa, 1973
- B.A., University of Missouri, 1971
Counsel Comments
- "Floyd Hale is an excellent and patient mediator. He does a great job, and has a track record of settling difficult cases."
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- Arbitration
- Construction Defect
- Insurance
- Personal Injury/Torts
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Real Property
- Special Master/Discovery Referee
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