About Ford Hardy

Ford T. Hardy, Jr. serves as an Of Counsel personal injury attorney at Kiefer & Kiefer. Over his career, Ford has helped over 5,000 clients. The grandson of a prominent attorney, Ford was inspired to pursue the law from a young age. He graduated from Emory University in 1973 and obtained his Juris Doctor from Tulane University School of Law in 1976.

His first job after becoming a lawyer was with a small firm handling various types of legal cases, and he shifted his practice over the years to focus on personal injury. In December 1983, his office was destroyed by fire. Reconstructing the office gave him lessons in resilience that deepened his connection to clients experiencing the aftermath of serious injuries. Ford prides himself on being communicative with each client to help solve their needs.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Kiefer & Kiefer Personal Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Kiefer & Kiefer Personal Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$3 millionSettlement

In a first-of-its-kind nationwide class action, Kiefer & Kiefer attorney Megan Kiefer secured a $3 million federal settlement for nearly 1,000 tenants of the Willows Apartments in New Orleans East who paid rent during years of deteriorating, hazardous conditions.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana (Judge Barry Ashe) · 2026Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$332,300Verdict

An Orleans Parish jury awarded $332,300 to the owners of Fat River Farm after an Orkin employee mistakenly fogged their Lower 9th Ward organic operation with a broad-spectrum pesticide in 2022, costing the farm its organic certification for three years and disrupting its ecosystem.

Orleans Parish Civil District Court, New Orleans (Judge Ellen Hazeur) · 2026Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Tulane University School of Law
J.D., 1976
Emory University
Undergraduate, 1973

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Louisiana

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.