Van R. Mayhall, Jr.

Practice Areas

Corporate & Finance

Insurance Regulatory

Tax

Capital Formation and Securities

Litigation

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Career

Van R. Mayhall, Jr. is a former Chairman of the firm’s Executive Committee having served six years as such. He has extensive legal experience with strategic and enterprise legal issues affecting ongoing businesses. Mr. Mayhall advises boards of directors and senior management on such issues and for over 40 years has practiced in the areas of corporate and business law; business transactions, tax and securities; insurance regulatory; selected litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Mr. Mayhall is recognized in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Louisiana in the area of Corporate/M&A for 2017 and 2018.

Professional Memberships

Member Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, and American Bar Associations

Board Certified Tax Attorney and a former Director of the Louisiana State Bar Association Specialization Board

Chairman of the Section on Taxation for the Louisiana State Bar Association from 1990-1991

Member of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel “FORC.”

Member of American Bar Association’s Committee on Insurance Companies

2016 Future Pac Chair

Downtown Development District, 2009-2010 Chair; past Vice Chair, Secretary, and Board member

Past Chair of the Audit Committee of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System and Former Nine Year Member of the Board of Directors of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center

Past Vice Chair and Member of the Board of Directors of the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority

Chair of the Board and Member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce, 2015

Chair of Crime Issues Council and the Good Growth, Infrastructure & Transportation Issues Council of the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce

Past Chair of the Dinner Committee for the 2007 Brotherhood/Sisterhood Awards Gala in August 2007.

Former Chairman of the Governmental Affairs and Community Development Division of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce

Past Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Capital Area United Way and Campaign Chair for 2007

Founding Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Clara Barton Society of the Louisiana Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross

Past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross

Past Member of Alumni Board of Trustees, LSU Law Center

Past Co-Chairman of the Louisiana Tax Institute

1987 Graduate of Leadership of Greater Baton Rouge and past Graduate of Leadership Louisiana

Past President, Member of the Board of Governors of City Club of Baton Rouge

Member of the Board of Directors of the Audubon Society

Education

Awards