Areas of Practice
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Compliance & White Collar Defense
- Environmental & Toxic Torts
- Health Care
- Health Care Reform Resource Center
Education
- Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1974
- Loyola University New Orleans, B.A., 1971
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1974
Court Admissions
- 5th Cir., 1981
- 11th Cir., 1981
- D.C. Cir., 1991
- E.D. La., 1975
- M.D. La., 1988
- W.D. La., 1988
Pauline Hardin has more than 30 years of experience litigating criminal matters and more than 20 years of experience litigating business, commercial, and labor matters. She has tried more than 150 jury trials. She is a partner in the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group, litigating criminal and commercial issues. She was previously the head of the Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group at Jones Walker.
Ms. Hardin has significant experience with health care fraud defense. She has represented both corporations and individuals in numerous civil and criminal proceedings involving health care issues. Ms Hardin has worked with the numerous government entities to resolve these cases, such as the United States Attorney's Office and the U.S. Department of Justice. She has also been the lead trial attorney on a number of health care fraud cases involving wide spectrum of areas, such as quality of care, False Claims Act (FCA), and Anti-Kickback laws.
Ms. Hardin worked with the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana and served as both First Assistant United States Attorney and Chief of the Criminal Division. Prior to that time, she served as an Assistant District Attorney in charge of the Orleans Parish Fraud Unit. A fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers since 1994, she has served on its Federal Criminal Procedure Committee.
Noteworthy
- Listed in Benchmark Litigation 2011 as Highly Recommended
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the areas of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Criminal Defense: White Collar (listed annually since 2005)
- Recognized in "Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business" in the area of Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (annually since 2006)
- Named to New Orleans CityBusiness' 2009 Leadership in Law
- Listed in the 2012 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Criminal Defense: White Collar (listed annually since 2007)
- AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
News
- Fifty-Six Jones Walker Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2012
- Eighty-Two Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
- Jones Walker Receives Unmatched Rankings in Chambers USA
- Forty-Two Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2011
- Jones Walker Honored in Benchmark Litigation
- Seventy-Three Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011
Presentations
- "Pleading the Fifth Amendment in Civil Litigation", April 15, 2011
- "Federal Tax Crimes", April 8, 2011
- "Health Care Fraud & Compliance: Updates, Trends, and Where To Go From Here" (Baton Rouge), September 14, 2010
- "Grand Jury Practice", April 9, 2010
- "Ethical Minefields in Complex Criminal Cases", December 4, 2009
- "Corporate Independent Internal Investigations, Including Corporate Compliance Programs", April 17, 2009
Publications
- "Negligence and Respondeat Superior as Environmental Crimes"
The Louisiana Environmental Lawyer, Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring 2000 - "Environmental Criminal Law"
Louisiana Environmental Handbook, No. 2, Chapter 29, 1997
Memberships
- American Bar Association (Member, Section on Criminal Justice, White Collar Crime Subsection)
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Tulane University Law School (Instructor, Trial Advocacy)
