Telephone: 337.494.1220
Facsimile: 337.494.1145
Email: tgayle@gaylelaw.com

Martindale-Hubblel Rating Lawyer's Rating - AV. Recognized for ten years by the Martindale-Hubbell AV rating for very high to preeminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar.

Education

  • Louisiana State University A & M, Baton Rouge, LA Juris Doctorate, 1991
  • Louisiana State University A & M, Baton Rouge, LA Bachelor of Science, Finance, 1988

Work History

Admitted: 1991, Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of LouisianaBergstedt & Mount; Associate1991-1996; general civil practice focused on litigation defense and residential real estate transactions.Badon & Ranier; Project attorney 1996-2000; project attorney on the Louisiana Attorney Generals litigation against the tobacco manufacturers. Ranier, Gayle & Elliot, LLC; 2000- present; civil practice focused on representing injured clients and residential real estate transactions.

Professional Memberships

Louisiana State Bar Association, American Bar Associations; Southwest Louisiana Bar Association; The Judge Albert Tate, Jr. American Inn of Court (Past President, Member, Executive Committee of local chapter); American Association for Justice, Louisiana Association for Justice, Fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation, Delegate Louisiana Bar Association

Representative Seminar Presentations

Insurance Coverage for Tobacco Related Claims, Andrew's Publications, April 1997; Insurance Issues on Attorneys General Tobacco Litigation, Casualty Actuaries of Greater New York Annual Meeting, June 1998; Attorneys General Tobacco Litigation, Louisiana State Paralegals Association Annual Convention, September 1998; Attorneys General Tobacco Litigation, Louisiana Tobacco Control Program Annual Convention, January 1999; National Tobacco Litigation, American Inns of Court Annual Meeting, May 1999; Interprofessional Code for Lawyers and Physicians, Medical-Legal Seminar of Southwest Louisiana Bar Association, November 2000; Aggregating Tort Claims: Alternatives to Class Actions, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, March 2002.

Legislative Testimony

Louisiana Senate Judiciary Committee 1997, Louisiana House of Representatives Civil Law Committee 1998, Joint Senate and House of Representatives Public Welfare Committee 1999

Personal

Married to Priscilla P. Gayle and has two sons, Andrew and Christopher.