Taylor Porter Welcomes New Attorneys to the Firm

Taylor Porter is pleased to welcome Heidi B. Bieber, Hannah C. Catchings, Jen O’Connell, Patrick D. Seiter, and Grant L. Willis to the firm.

Heidi Bieber is an Associate at Taylor Porter, where she practices in various areas including general/tort liability and commercial litigation. She is admitted to practice in all Louisiana state courts, in the United States District Courts for the Middle, Eastern, and Western Districts of Louisiana. 

Hannah Catchings joined Taylor Porter in 2024 and practices in the area of insurance defense. Hannah obtained her B.A. in mass communication and journalism from Louisiana State University in 2010. She received her J.D./D.C.L., cum laude, from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2020. Hannah was a member of the Louisiana Law Review.

Jen O’Connell joined Taylor Porter in 2023 as a Partner. Since her admission to the Louisiana Bar in 2012, Jen exceeded her client’s expectations with a confident and aggressive litigation approach. Jen prides herself on securing efficient resolutions for legal disputes or favorable defense verdicts when necessary.

Patrick D.  Seiter is a former Partner and currently Of Counsel at Taylor Porter. Pat represents and advises healthcare clients in a wide range of business, transactional and regulatory matters, including business organizations and contracts, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, managed care and provider network contracts, fraud and abuse, Stark, health information technology, HIPAA, EMTALA, medical staff, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, federal and state regulatory compliance, and alternative delivery and payment systems. He also has experience and a particular interest in the unique relationships and challenges of academic medicine.

Grant Willis joined Taylor Porter in 2024 as Special Counsel practicing primarily in federal civil rights litigation, investigations, white-collar defense and criminal defense including tax, insurance fraud, and public corruption.

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Taylor Porter, with offices in Baton Rouge and Lake Charles, has attorneys who serve the interests of clients in more than thirty practice areas. Taylor Porter is the exclusive Louisiana law firm member for MSI Global Alliance, enabling the firm to source local representation wherever in the world clients are involved in doing business.