Janie L. Coles
Special Counsel
About
Taylor Porter Special Counsel Janie Coles practices in medical malpractice defense. She has extensive experience representing physicians and health care providers in malpractice lawsuits and medical review panel proceedings. Janie advises health care providers regarding risk management, regulation compliance, licensing, and credentialing.
Ms. Coles practiced and taught nursing for twenty years before graduating from the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1991. She represented Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company (LAMMICO) insureds as in-house counsel from 1991-2012. From 2012 to May 2026, she represented health care providers at Mang, Bourgeois, Callaway & Thomas, LLC.
Ms. Coles has served as a speaker on numerous medical-legal issues, including informed consent, legislative updates as well as other medical malpractice topics.
Education
- Louisiana State Paul M. Hebert Law Center, J.D., 1991
- University of Mississippi School of Nursing, M.S.N., 1976
- University of Mississippi School of Nursing, B.S.N., 1974
Education
- Louisiana State Paul M. Hebert Law Center, J.D., 1991
- University of Mississippi School of Nursing, M.S.N., 1976
- University of Mississippi School of Nursing, B.S.N., 1974
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana
Professional Memberships
- Baton Rouge Bar Association
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (LADC)
Professional Memberships
- Baton Rouge Bar Association
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (LADC)