David O. Walker

DAVID WALKER is a limited partner of Neblett, Beard & Arsenault. He joined the firm in 1985 after a judicial clerkship. Mr. Walker is recognized by his peers and has appeared in seven consecutive years of “Louisiana Super Lawyers”, a publication of Thomson Reuters, and is rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubble. Focusing on personal injury, Mr. Walker has decades of experience and has been retained in over two thousand injury cases. He represents clients concentrating on: Mesothelioma asbestos exposure, 18 Wheeler/Trucking collisions, Tour Bus/MotorCoach/Van accidents, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; Offshore, Admiralty, Jones Act, and Maritime Law; Death on the High Seas; Insurance Contract Coverage; Motor Vehicle Collisions; and Products Liability Law. Mr. Walker is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. His past experience includes a $7 Million truck injury case; a $4.5 Million 18-wheeler injury case; and co-lead counsel in a multi-million dollar helicopter crash death case in the Gulf of Mexico. He appeared before the Supreme Court of Louisiana and was successful in a UM insurance case, providing $1 Million to compensate his client instead of the $100,000 suggested by the insurance company. Mr. Walker is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and Texas. He is a member of the Louisiana and Texas State Bar Associations, American Association for Justice, Crossroads American Inns of Court, and the AAJ Interstate Trucking Litigation Group. Mr. Walker earned his law degree in 1984 from Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, cum laude, was on the Moot Court Board and was a candidate of the Law Review. Mr. Walker has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.

• Trucking/FMCSR/18-wheeler
• Car Accidents
• Offshore Oil Worker

Louisiana

Texas

5th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

AV- Preeminent Rating,Highest Legal Ability Rating

Martindale - Hubbell

Louisiana Super Lawyers

an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice and which is limited to only 5 percent of the attorneys in Louisiana

Million Dollar Advocates Forum

limited to trial lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional skill, experience and excellence in Advocacy

Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Louisiana

The National Trial Lawyers

AAJ Gulf Coast Oil Spill Litigation Group (Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill)

Member

Current

American Trial Lawyers Association Top 100 Trial Lawyers

Member

2010 - Current

Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Member

2009 - Current

American Inns of Court-Alexandria

Member

1998 - Current

Texas State Bar  # 00795185

Member

1996 - Current