About Hayden Downs
Hayden Downs is an Arkansas native and moved to northeast Louisiana to pursue her legal career with the Downs Law Firm. Hayden received her Bachelor’s of Science in Sociology from the University of Central Arkansas in 2015. She went on to receive her Juris Doctorate and Masters in Public Administration from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law in 2018. Hayden married Earl Ross Downs, III, in 2018, and together they have made Louisiana their home.
Hayden is a licensed Louisiana attorney and notary. She was named one of Who’s Who Among Students in Colleges & Universities, awarded the Dean’s Certificate of Public Service, and is a member of several honor societies. Hayden has been exposed to personal injury law for several years now, and also clerked for the Honorable United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, Judge Richard Taylor. Hayden is a member of several professional organizations such as the Louisiana Bar Association, Louisiana Access to Justice, Louisiana Bar Foundation and American Association for Justice.
Proven verdicts and settlements
On October 26, 2016 Gerald Farrar, with a blood alcohol content of 0.346 percent, struck a guardrail on U.S. Highway 425 in Morehouse Parish hard enough to tear the right front wheel off his truck, then drove about 800 feet on three wheels and left the wheel in the road. Monica Duran hit it and crashed into a guardrail, suffering a concussion, a back injury and neurological damage. A jury awarded her $843,155 in compensatory damages and $3,000,000 in exemplary damages for the drunk driving. On April 10, 2024 the Louisiana Second Circuit affirmed every dollar.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
