# Erik M. Tadda > Erik M. Tadda, Managing Attorney at The Tadda Law Firm in Baton Rouge, LA. In personal injury work since he was fifteen, and licensed in Louisiana since 1991. Canonical page: https://www.taddalaw.com/attorneys/erik-m-tadda/ ## What Erik brings - **He reads the records himself.** Erik reads the medical records in a file himself rather than working from a summary someone else prepared. - **He talks to the adjuster.** He treats negotiation as a conversation, and he makes the calls to the insurance adjuster himself. - **An honest first answer.** If an at-fault driver has no insurance and no assets, he would rather say so at the first meeting than two years later. - **You make the decision.** On settlement he makes a recommendation and explains his reasoning. The decision stays with the client. ## Background Erik Tadda did not arrive at personal injury law by way of a career plan. He arrived at it at fifteen, the summer he got his driver’s license, when a family friend who practiced personal injury law asked whether he wanted to work in the office. What that meant in practice was driving. The attorney would prepare for a deposition in the passenger seat while Erik drove him to it, then ask whether he wanted to come in, and Erik would carry the briefcase and sit through observing the whole process. He delivered pleadings to file with the court, collected cheques from carriers, and brought paperwork to clients who were unable to make it into the office. By the time he was in college he was working hands on with files as a legal assistant. So when he went to law school he was not going to find out what kind of lawyer he wanted to be. He already knew, and he has said he went for the license. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business from Louisiana State University in 1987 and his Juris Doctor from the LSU Law Center in 1991 graduating 26th in the class of over 200 students, and was admitted in Louisiana that year. He was admitted in the Eastern District of Louisiana the same year, before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1993, and in the Middle District of Louisiana in 1994. He practiced with a partner for several years before going out on his own in 2001, and organized The Tadda Law Firm as a Louisiana limited liability company in December 2006. He has grown it without debt and without lines of credit, which he acknowledges has probably slowed it down, and which has also meant the firm has never had to take a case for the wrong reason. He lives in Prairieville and holds LSU football and baseball season tickets. > "I read all the records myself." Erik Tadda, on how he works a file. ## How Erik works Erik does the parts of a case that firms of a certain size normally delegate. He reads the medical records himself rather than working from a summary prepared by someone else, and he is the one who speaks to the insurance adjuster, because he regards negotiation as a conversation and believes you can hear things on a phone call that never survive into an email. He is also the person who notices when a claim is not worth bringing. Where an at-fault driver has no insurance and no assets, a judgment can be uncollectable, and pursuing it costs a client money to arrive nowhere. He would rather say that at the first meeting than two years later. On settlement he makes a recommendation and explains the reasoning, then leaves the decision where it belongs. In his own words, the clients make the decision. ## Credentials Bar and court admissions: Louisiana, 1991; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1991; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1993; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1994. Education: Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, 1991, J.D.; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1987, B.S. in Business. Honors: Graduated 26th in a class of over 200, LSU Law Center, 1991. Professional memberships: Louisiana Association for Justice, 1991 to present; Baton Rouge Bar Association, 1995 to present; 21st Judicial District Court Bar Association, 2000 to present; LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center Chancellor’s Council, 2005 to present. Practice areas: Personal injury (plaintiff); Motor vehicle accidents (plaintiff); Auto accidents; Truck accidents; Bicycle and pedestrian accidents; Workers’ compensation; Neck, back, knee and shoulder injuries; Wrongful death; Admiralty and maritime law; Premises liability; Product liability; Toxic torts. ## Career path - 1987: Bachelor of Science in Business, Louisiana State University. - 1991: Juris Doctor, LSU Law Center, graduating 26th in a class of over 200 students. Admitted in Louisiana and in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Joins the Louisiana Association for Justice. - 1991 to 2000: Partner at Calvit & Tadda. - 1993: Admitted before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. - 1994: Admitted in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. - 2001: Goes out on his own. - 2006: Organizes The Tadda Law Firm as a Louisiana limited liability company in December. ## Outside the office Erik lives in Prairieville and holds LSU football and baseball season tickets. Since 2004 he has been a member of the Knights of Columbus at St. Theresa of Avila Catholic Church in Gonzales. He has belonged to the Baton Rouge Bar Association since 1995, the 21st Judicial District Court Bar Association since 2000, and the LSU Law Chancellor’s Council since 2005. ## Contact - Firm: The Tadda Law Firm - Address: 4660 O'Neal Lane, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70817 - Phone: (225) 756-0007 (accepts calls and texts) - Toll free: (800) 487-5562 - Email: info@taddalaw.com - Hours: Monday to Friday 08:00 to 17:00. Saturday and Sunday closed. - Consultations: Free same-day consultations, one on one with an attorney. - Google rating: 5.0 from 311 reviews. --- This page is general information, not legal advice. Reading it does not create an attorney client relationship. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.