William Tyler Downing

William Tyler Downing (Tyler) is a native of the Capitol City, a Golden Bear graduate of Catholic High School, and graduate of Louisiana State University. Tyler has an entrepreneur spirit, and while still at LSU, he formed a catering company that he still runs to this day and founded a local Mardi Gras that swelled to 300 members before its discontinuation in 2015.

Prior to law school, Tyler married his wife, Lauren, and began working for the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement. While with the commission, Tyler worked to improve peace officer training and strove to reform the juvenile justice system with the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative. Additionally, Tyler organized the annual Medal of Honor Ceremony to commemorate the lives of officers that had fallen in the line of duty.

In 2010, Tyler began a part-time law school career at Southern University Law Center while working fulltime with the Commission, operating a small catering company, and enjoying the happy chaos of a family with two daughters, Lily and Reese, both under the age of one during his first semester. Also during this time, Tyler organized two charity golf tournaments with his Mardi Gras krewe, raising over $10,000 for St. Jude Children’s Hospital. A diligent pupil, Tyler became a published editor of the SULC Law Review and graduated third in his class, achieving the honor of magna cum laude.

Since joining the firm with Spencer Calahan, in 2016, Tyler has had the pleasure of bringing thousands of cases to a positive resolution for his clients, often via successful settlement negotiations. However, for various reasons, not all cases can be settled, and in those instances, Tyler is always eager to fight for his clients, having brought several cases to trial both in state and federal court. Tyler even had the privilege of successfully defending a judgement he earned for his client all the way up to the Louisiana Supreme Court because the insurance company thought it was excessively high. See Smith v. GoAuto Ins. Co., 392 So.3d 899, (La. App. 1 Cir. 7/1/24), writ denied, 395 So.3d 1188 (La. 11/14/24).

Tyler and Lauren are the parents of four beautiful children, Lily, Reese, Beckett, and Graham, and they are active members of the Baton Rouge community. Tyler is a compassionate attorney, who is not afraid to put in the work for his clients.

William Tyler Downing

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