After graduating in 1979 from Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Mr. Womack won judicial clerkships in the Louisiana State District and Appellate Courts.  Afterwards, in 1984, he began private practice with Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, working under Roger M. Fritchie, one of the premier trial lawyers in Louisiana.  While working for Roger Fritchie, Mr. Womack began representing hospitals and physicians, defending medical malpractice, general liability and medical staffing cases.

Upon the death of Mr. Fritchie, Mr. Womack moved his practice to Taylor Porter, where he is a partner.  At Taylor Porter, Mr. Womack has continued the representation of hospitals and physicians, but additionally, has expanded his practice into the areas of toxic tort and environmental regulatory work.

A 1976 graduate of LSU, Mr. Womack is admitted to practice in all Louisiana state courts, and the Federal District Courts for the Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, and the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Womack is currently a member of the Louisiana and Baton Rouge Bar Associations, the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and the Defense Research Institute. He is a member of the State Bar Association’s Crystal Gavel Awards Committee and coordinates the firm’s pro bono work through the Baton Rouge Bar Association. Mr. Womack is a 2011 recepient of the Century Club Award for donating over 100 hours of legal services to the Pro Bono Project.

Notable cases include

• Lead counsel for a large, regional medical center in defense of a RICO claim asserted by a disgruntled physician who had been involuntarily removed from the medical staff of the hospital;

• Lead counsel for the same hospital in defense of a medical malpractice case which was twice the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court opinions.  One of these opinions remains the seminal case in Louisiana on the law of directed verdicts in the context of the application of the legal doctrine, res  ipsa loquitur;

• Co-defense counsel in multiple bench and jury trials involving class action toxic tort cases defending claims asserted by over 14,000 Louisiana and Mississippi residents.

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