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Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, Tim handles medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury, products liability and wrongful death. With years of experience across several practice areas, Tim is a respected member of the trial bar known for his adaptive courtroom style and his strong advocacy skills. He has brought many difficult cases to verdict and has successfully prosecuted several wrongful death cases resulting in large recoveries for his clients.. Tim was a trial advocacy instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy for several years and has lectured on the admissibility of expert testimony for the National Business Institute. He is also a James Cooper fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation and a strong advocate for public service in the legal industry.

Darrel Papillion is a veteran trial lawyer who has represented hundreds of clients in serious personal injury cases during his 20 years as a lawyer.  He is President-Elect of the Louisiana State Bar Association and is Past-President of the Baton Rouge Bar Association.  He has taught law students at LSU Law School for the past 15 years.. was born in Eunice, Louisiana, in St. Landry Parish.   He was Student Body President at Louisiana State University at Eunice, before transferring to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.  He attended LSU on an academic scholarship, graduating with a degree in History, with minors in English and Political Science in 1990.. He attended LSU's Paul M. Hebert Law Center on a full scholarship.  After graduation, he served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Catherine D. Kimball of the Louisiana Supreme Court, before joining the New Orleans office of McGlinchey, Stafford, where he worked from 1995 to 1999.. In 1999, he moved to Baton Rouge, where he began representing plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death cases.  He is a partner in the law firm of Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens, LLC, which he founded, along with Edward J. Walters, Jr., David Abboud Thomas, and J.E. Cullens, Jr. in June 2010.   All four partners in the firm had practiced together, with great success, at another Baton Rouge firm for at least 10 years.. He handles complicated wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury cases, including industrial accidents, severe burns, paralysis, medical malpractice, 18 wheeler accidents, sexual abuse, medical negligence and other matters.. He is very active in professional associations and is a frequent legal author and lecturer.. He is the Past-President of the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Baton Rouge Bar Association, and the Board of Governors of the Louisiana State Bar Association, and a host of other professional and civic organizations.

Experienced litigator with a practice focused on defending corporations and individuals in wrongful death, product liability, premises liability, toxic chemical exposure, construction defect and motor vehicle collision cases.  Additional extensive experience in representing political subdivisions and applying the doctrines of sovereign immunity and official immunity.. Also a licensed real estate agent who counsels realtors in every aspect of real estate transactions and has experience in a myriad of real estate transactions.

David Cowley is a Louisville native and dedicated personal injury attorney at Sam Aguiar Injury Lawyers. He began his career there as a law clerk and previously spent time clerking for a Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge while he was earning his Juris Doctor. He now focuses his practice on personal injury cases, helping victims of trucking collisions, premises liability, motor vehicle collisions, slip and fall accidents, and wrongful death. He attended the University of Notre Dame for his undergraduate degree, earning a Bachelors of Arts in finance, summa cum laude, in 2012, then went on to the University of Louisville Brandeis School of law and graduated in 2015. To get started, call Sam Aguiar Injury Lawyers today and schedule your consultation.