About Gayla M.
Gayla M. Moncla is a partner at Kean Miller LLP and a long-standing member of Louisiana’s legal community. She practices in state and federal courts and is affiliated with several professional groups that touch on civil procedure and defense matters. Colleagues describe her as steady and exacting in her approach to court work.
She earned a Bachelor of Science from Louisiana State University in 1973. Fifteen years later she returned to law school and received her J.D. from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in 1989. Those two degrees anchor a career that ties local roots to federal practice.
Moncla is admitted to practice in Louisiana and before multiple federal tribunals. Her federal admissions include the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, and she is also admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Those admissions allow her to handle matters across different levels of the judiciary.
At Kean Miller LLP she holds the title of partner. Her day-to-day work involves courtroom filings, motion practice, and representation of clients in contested matters. She handles procedural challenges and engages with both trial and appellate processes when cases move beyond the district court level.
Outside the firm she maintains an active role in professional organizations. She is a member of the Louisiana Law Institute and sits on the Louisiana Law Institute Code of Civil Procedure Committee. She also belongs to the Louisiana State Bar, the Baton Rouge Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Those memberships reflect continuing engagement with rule-making, local bar issues, and defense-oriented professional networks.
Moncla’s career spans work in multiple forums and repeated interaction with procedural rules. She participates in the lifecycle of litigation from pleadings to appeals, and she contributes to committee discussions about how civil procedure functions in Louisiana. At Kean Miller she continues to represent clients in state and federal matters and to engage in committee work related to civil procedure as part of her current practice focus.
