Areas of Practice
Education
- Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, J.D., 1971; Editor-in-Chief, Loyola Law Review, 1970–1971; Alpha Sigma Nu; Blue Key; Delta Theta Phi
- Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College, B.S., 1968
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1971
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
- 5th Cir., 1982
- E.D. La., 1972
- M.D. La., 1979
- W.D. La., 1986
professionalsBio
Eddie Koehl is a partner in the firm’s Admiralty & Maritime Practice Group. He focuses predominantly on litigation, with emphasis in admiralty and maritime law, tort, insurance, and commercial litigation. Immediately following law school, he served as a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Boyle.
Mr. Koehl has more than 30 years of experience and is a native and lifelong resident of Louisiana. He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Maritime Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law from 1983–2002 and served as a past president and long term Board member of Boys Hope Girls Hope.
Noteworthy
- Listed The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 (Copyright 2008 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Maritime Law (listed annually since 2003)
- Listed in the 2008 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Transportation/Maritime (also listed in 2007)
- AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell. CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories—legal ability and general ethical standards.
News
- Sixty-Three Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
- Forty Jones Walker Attorneys Recognized in the 2008 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
- Forty-Seven Jones Walker Attorneys Listed in the 2007 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers; One In Top Ten, Four In Top Fifty, Two In Top Twenty-Five Women
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007
- Koehl and Balart Score Significant Win in Insurance Coverage Dispute
Publications
- "Fifth Circuit Symposium"
44 Loyola Law Review 481, 1998
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Association of Average Adjusters of the United States
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
- Federal Bar Association
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Maritime Law Association of the United States
- New Orleans Bar Association
- Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, Inc.
- The Thomas More-Loyola Law School American Inn of Court
