Jason P. Waguespack

Jason P. Waguespack


Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith

Recognized since 2021

New Orleans, Louisiana

Practice Areas

Admiralty and Maritime Law

Insurance Law

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Jason Waguespack has served as Galloway’s Managing Director since 2009. His time-tested strategy for leading and growing the firm is to gather highly talented, dedicated attorneys and business professionals and provide them with autonomy and the resources they need to thrive and provide unparalleled client service. At the same time, Jason maintains an active maritime and international law practice, providing each client with excellent service, sound business advice, great results, and value.

Jason focuses his practice on litigation and arbitration related to all aspects of maritime and international law. He represents owners, charterers, operators, P&I clubs, and other marine insurers in all types of marine casualty losses and contract disputes, including collisions, cargo claims, charter party disputes, regulatory and environmental matters, and personal injuries. With over 30 years of experience, he understands that many maritime claims start with an emergency – a vessel arrest, a collision, a personal injury, an oil discharge – that requires immediate attention. Jason and his team are adept at rapid response to these emergencies and are experienced with the handling of such matters from the rapid on-scene investigation through the trial.

In addition to maritime and international law, Jason has extensive experience in corporate law and insurance defense. He serves as national counsel to several clients with ongoing international interests, advising them not only on arbitration and litigation matters, but also on transactional matters related to business organization, operation, formation, and acquisition, as well as sales, supply, service, and carriage arrangements.

Jason is an associate professor of law at Tulane University School of Law. There, he teaches the course on maritime charter parties to upperclassmen and graduate students. He is also a member of the adjunct faculty at the Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business, where he teaches a course on international business law, with a focus on international transactions and transportation. He has served as President of the New Orleans Bar Association and has been honored by his peers with an AV rating in Martindale Hubbell for his preeminence in the law. Jason has received many professional awards and distinctions, including being named a “New Orleans Top Lawyer” multiple times by New Orleans Magazine, and has twice received the Leadership in the Law medal from New Orleans CityBusiness.

Outside his law practice and firm management, Jason is dedicated to historic preservation and the support of the arts in New Orleans, holding leadership positions in many local and regional arts organizations and associations, including as a board member of the Ogden Museum and the New Orleans Film Society. He is also actively involved with the New Orleans Police Department, serving on the board of New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation, which supports police officers and their service horses and canines and also facilitates outreach between the NOPD and New Orleans’ minority communities.

Locations
  • Hancock Whitney Center
    701 Poydras Street, Suite 4000
    New Orleans, LA 70139
  • 1301 McKinney Street, Suite 1400
    Houston, TX 77010
Education
  • Tulane University, J.D., graduated 1991
  • Louisiana State University, BA
Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana, Louisiana State Bar Association
Affiliations
  • Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel - Member
  • American Bar Association - Member, Standing LRIS Committee
  • Board of Zoning Adjustments of the City of New Orleans - Past Member
  • City of New Orleans Zoning and Technical Advisory Committee - Past Member
  • Collectors’ Club of the Contemporary Arts Center - Member
  • Federal Bar Association - Member
  • Gulf South Chamber of Commerce - Past President
  • Laussat Society of the Historic New Orleans Collection - Member
  • Library Society of the New Orleans Public Library Foundation - Member
  • Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel - Member
  • Louisiana Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • World Trade Center of the City of New Orleans - Member, International Business Committee
  • Vieux Carre Property Owners and Residents Association - Board of Directors Member
  • Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute - Member
  • Ogden Museum of Southern Art - Board of Trustees Member
  • Propeller Club for the Port of New Orleans - Member
  • Project Lazarus - Past Board Member
  • Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans - President's Circle
  • NOAGE, Inc. - Past President
  • New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation - Board of Trustees Member
  • New Orleans Museum of Art - Fellow
  • New Orleans Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • New Orleans Bar Association - Past President
  • Maritime Law Practitioner - Past Board Member
  • Maritime Law Association of the United States - Proctor
  • Mariner’s Club for the Port of New Orleans - Member
  • Loyola University School of Law’s Maritime Law Journal - Board of Advisors
  • Louisiana Supreme Court Historical Society - Member
Court Admissions
  • Louisiana Federal Courts
  • Texas Federal Courts
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh District
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Insurance Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Insurance

Publications

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