C. Michael Hart

Mike Hart’s practice focused on civil and appellate litigation with an emphasis on products liability and commercial litigation involving product performance, casualty litigation, and insurance coverage. Because of his engineering background, he was called on by clients on numerous occasions to defend serious vehicular accident cases that involved not only serious injuries or multiple fatalities, but also those that included product defect issues in causing either the accident or the enhanced injuries suffered by passengers.

Mike is a member of the Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations and the Defense Research Institute, where he previously served as the chair of the Agricultural, Construction, Mining, and Industrial Equipment (ACMIE) Subcommittee of the Products Liability Committee. He has served as an assistant examiner for the Louisiana State Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions.

Mike earned his J.D. from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. He received his B.S. from the United States Military Academy in 1975.

After graduation from West Point and completion of the Airborne, Ranger, and Field Artillery Officer Basic Courses, Mike served with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in its border patrol mission on the border with East Germany as a Reconnaissance Officer and as a field artillery Battery Executive Officer. After returning to the United States, he commanded a self-propelled field artillery battery in the 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized).

• Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, J.D., 1984
• United States Military Academy, Mechanical Engineering, 1975

• Louisiana, 1984

• Baton Rouge Bar Association
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute (DRI)
• International Association of Defense Counsel

• Best Lawyers in America – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Louisiana Super Lawyers – Product Liability Law; Personal Injury – Products; Insurance Coverage; Aerospace/Aviation
• Former West Point Admissions Representative
• Licensed Pilot (Past Mission Pilot, Past Wing Leader for Angel Flight)

• Istrouma Council of the Boy Scouts of America (Past Den Leader, Past Council Vice-President, Past Chairman of Camping Committee)