Louis E. Hatcher

Louis E. Hatcher

lhatcher@watsonspence.com

Practice Areas: Healthcare Law & Compliance, Employment Law, Qui Tam Litigation, Complex Civil & Commercial Litigation

Paralegal: Hillary Ledden
Phone: 229.317.5762
HLedden@watsonspence.com

Louis Hatcher graduated magna cum laude from the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, where he was Associate Editor of the Cumberland Law Review, and has been named 2022 Alumnus of the Year.

Louis currently concentrates his practice in the areas of healthcare law and compliance, employment law, qui tam, and other complex civil and commercial litigation in state and federal courts. He has extensive jury trial experience in Florida and Georgia, in both the civil and criminal courts. 

Louis has distinguished himself as one of the premier employment lawyers in South Georgia. While his primary practice has been advising and successfully defending employers against employment law claims, he has also achieved record verdicts and settlements on behalf of aggrieved employees. 

After a number of years in practice that included the representation of healthcare providers with respect to physician contracts, HIPAA compliance, and employment law matters, Louis became increasingly concerned at the inability of rural healthcare providers to afford the more comprehensive healthcare legal services of the metro-area firms. Louis understood that our community and other rural areas have a critical need for accessible healthcare, and that rural providers have limited resources with which to attempt compliance with the ever-increasing complexity of healthcare laws and regulations. To help met the needs of rural healthcare providers, Louis returned to school (while continuing his practice) and earned a coveted Master of Science in Health Law and Policy from the Cumberland School of Law. He finished the two-year, 32 credit hour program at the top of his class with a 4.0 GPA. He has also obtained Compliance Certification Board (CCB)® certifications in Healthcare Compliance and Healthcare Privacy Compliance.

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Louis E. Hatcher

lhatcher@watsonspence.com

Practice Areas: Healthcare Law & Compliance, Employment Law, Qui Tam Litigation, Complex Civil & Commercial Litigation

Paralegal: Hillary Ledden
Phone: 229.317.5762
HLedden@watsonspence.com

Louis Hatcher graduated magna cum laude from the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, where he was Associate Editor of the Cumberland Law Review, and has been named 2022 Alumnus of the Year.

Louis currently concentrates his practice in the areas of healthcare law and compliance, employment law, qui tam, and other complex civil and commercial litigation in state and federal courts. He has extensive jury trial experience in Florida and Georgia, in both the civil and criminal courts. 

Louis has distinguished himself as one of the premier employment lawyers in South Georgia. While his primary practice has been advising and successfully defending employers against employment law claims, he has also achieved record verdicts and settlements on behalf of aggrieved employees. 

After a number of years in practice that included the representation of healthcare providers with respect to physician contracts, HIPAA compliance, and employment law matters, Louis became increasingly concerned at the inability of rural healthcare providers to afford the more comprehensive healthcare legal services of the metro-area firms. Louis understood that our community and other rural areas have a critical need for accessible healthcare, and that rural providers have limited resources with which to attempt compliance with the ever-increasing complexity of healthcare laws and regulations. To help met the needs of rural healthcare providers, Louis returned to school (while continuing his practice) and earned a coveted Master of Science in Health Law and Policy from the Cumberland School of Law. He finished the two-year, 32 credit hour program at the top of his class with a 4.0 GPA. He has also obtained Compliance Certification Board (CCB)® certifications in Healthcare Compliance and Healthcare Privacy Compliance.


A number of distinguished Atlanta and out-of-state law firms have recognized Louis' federal court and litigation experience, utilizing him as local counsel in all phases of litigation, including trials. Among these firms are Alston & Bird (Atlanta), Blau Leonard Law Group (New Jersey); Fleischman & Walsh (Wash., D.C.), JTB Law Group (New Jersey); King & Spalding (Atlanta), Lee, Hong, Degerman, et al. (Los Angeles), Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy (Kansas City, Mo.), Tate, Lazarini & Beall, PLC (Memphis), Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC (Atlanta), and Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, et al. (New York).

Professionally, Louis is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, and is admitted to the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Georgia, and the Middle District of Florida. He is a former member of the Review Panel of the Georgia Bar Disciplinary Board. Louis has served on the Middle District of Georgia Local Rules Committee, and currently serves on that Court’s Grievance Committee. 

Louis also has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1991 and actively practiced in Florida for eight years where he served on the Professional Ethics Committee from 1996 to 2002. While practicing in Florida, Louis built upon his experience in management/employee relations while serving in an Ombudsman role for the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, and as Division Supervisor for the Office of the State Attorney.

Louis and his wife, Ovaline, reside in Lee County, Georgia. Louis served as an elected member of the Lee County Board of Education from 2002 through 2018, and remains active in his church and community. Louis is a member of the Cumberland School of Law Advisory Board. He has devoted substantial time and resources to the youth of his community, serving as an Attorney-Coach for the Lee County High School Mock Trial Team, as a recreation league football, baseball, and basketball coach, and as a certified community coach for the Lee County middle and high school football teams. Louis is also a former national record holder in the bench press in the life-time drug free ranks, and holds a black belt in taekwondo.

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