About Mark R. "Tiger" Pharr III

In his over 34 years of practice, Tiger Pharr has found that the most important attribute of a lawyer is effective communication: doing more listening than talking in order to understand the client’s goals and expectations to provide an accurate assessment of the options to resolve a matter through settlement or trial. Tiger has tried more than 40 matters to verdict and resolved thousands of other matters, giving him the experience to provide the best options for resolution.

Tiger’s practice focuses on defending personal injury matters of all types including auto, trucking, maritime incidents arising on offshore platforms and vessels, product liability, and premise liability cases of all types including refineries, drilling rigs, chemical plants, and grocery/convenience stores. He also represents owners, general contractors, sub-contractors of every type, and suppliers in construction litigation cases. Over the years, Tiger has handled employment and harassment matters, D&O, E&O, and other professional liability matters as well as representing various clients in toxic tort cases such as asbestos, silica, benzene, and environmental spill cases. Finally, he has defended a large variety of property damage claims, most notably in the oil and gas space involving lost wells and reservoir damage.

His role as outside general counsel for a diverse range of small local companies has provided him with significant experience drafting and analyzing contracts such as master service agreements, asset and stock purchase/sale agreements, time charters, bareboat charter agreements, and teaming agreements. He regularly advises clients on the validity and enforceability of additional insured and contractual defense and indemnity language. Tiger also advises companies on their cyber exposure and assists them with privacy issues.

Tiger is licensed in Louisiana and Texas and has a full docket of cases in each state. He is the Managing Director of Galloway’s Lafayette and Dallas offices and has maintained a Martindale-Hubbell AV rating for the last 25 years and is ranked as “Preeminent,” the highest distinction Martindale-Hubbell offers.

Tiger is an avid CrossFitter and golfer, and maintains a private pilot’s license with multi-engine and instrument ratings.

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Areas of Law

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law 1
    • Construction Litigation
  • Premises Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Transportation
  • Other 11
    • Corporate Transactions
    • Cyber & Technology Law
    • Healthcare Law
    • Maritime Law & Admiralty
    • Product Liability
    • Trucking
    • Commercial/Corporate
    • Construction
    • Healthcare
    • Oil & Gas/Energy
    • Technology

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Director
    Firm Name
    Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representative Matters: Successfully represented an international marine construction company in a breach of contract dispute valued at more than $25MM. Through persistent
    aggressive negotiation over three years, the plaintiff dismissed the case with our client paying no money.
    Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a prominent waste disposal company in a wrongful death claim.
    Successfully represented a major oil
    gas service company in a transportation
    personal injury claim wherein our client received only 40% liability on a matter in what should have been a 'gut' liability case valued at more than $300,000 after the client's truck
    trailer collided with a passenger vehicle.
    Successfully tried a high-value personal injury fire loss case in Lake Charles, Louisiana after the plaintiff tried to light a propane grill during a church fundraiser.
    Obtained summary judgment in a contractual defense
    indemnity case in Texas, convincing both the trial court
    appellate court that Texas law applied to the interpretation of the contract even though the incident occurred in Louisiana.
    Obtained an outst
    ing result for a major oilfield services company in a personal injury case valued at more than $8.5MM
    tried in Texas. Our client had to pay less than 8% of the initial claim in a case tried against one of the top plaintiffs' attorneys in the country.
    Obtained a complete defense verdict in a high-value personal injury case on behalf of a major oil
    gas drilling contractor.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    State of Texas, 1990
    1990, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Southern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas
    1991, State of Louisiana
    1991, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
    1995, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    1991, Louisiana
    1990, Texas
    Memberships

    ASSOCIATIONS

    •Louisiana Bar Association
    •State Bar of Texas
    •Federal Bar Association
    •Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel (LADC)
    •Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
    •Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
    •Legatus

  • Education & Certifications
    Other Education
    Louisiana State University
    Bachelor of Science

    Louisiana State University
    Accounting 1986

    Louisiana State University
    Finance 1987

    Southern Methodist School of Law
    Class of 1990
    Juris Doctor

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Hancock Whitney Center701 Poydras Street, 40th FloorNew Orleans, LA 70139U.S.A.

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3861 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy, Suite 300Lafayette, LA 70508U.S.A.

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1301 McKinney Street, Suite 1400Houston, TX 77010U.S.A.

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  • Is this attorney Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review rated?
    Yes, Mark R. "Tiger" Pharr, III has a 5.0 Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
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    Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith has 120 attorneys at this location.
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    Yes, Mark R. "Tiger" Pharr, III has a presence in Houston, TX and Lafayette, LA.
  • What year was this attorney's law firm established?
    Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith was established in 1987.