Biography
Floyd A. Hale, Esq.has arbitrated and mediated hundreds of professional liability 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 hurdles that often prohibit professional liability cases from being resolved.
Representative Matters
Mr. Hale has handled many professional liability cases encompassing a wide range of legal issues. Many have involved:
- Accounting Malpractice
- Architecture Malpractice
- Construction Malpractice
- Heard numerous disputes involving general contractors, plumbers, etc.
- Contract Administrator and Adjustor Malpractice
- Engineering Malpractice
- Financial Services Malpractice
- Handled many cases involving accountants, commercial banks, foreign exchange, investment brokers, etc.
- Insurance Malpractice
- Heard numerous disputes involving brokers, consulting malpractice, fraud, etc.
- Legal Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice
- Heard many disputes between individuals and medical doctors related to medical malpractice
- Doctor malpractice
- Elder facility malpractice
- Heard numerous cases related to inadequate care while under medical supervision
- Handled matters related to elder abuse
- Hospital malpractice
- Medical clinic malpractice
- Nurse malpractice
- Pharmaceutical malpractice
- Rehab facility malpractice
- Served as Special Master in medical malpractice case involving several thousand patients
- Served as Special Master on disputes involving improper use of medical equipment
- 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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- Construction Defect
- Insurance
- Personal Injury/Torts
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Real Property
- Special Master/Discovery Referee
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