FirmBaton Rouge, LA
Serves 7 counties
Represents families in Baton Rouge, where East Baton Rouge Parish successions are filed in the 19th Judicial District Court, and in West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Jefferson, Orleans, Caddo and Ouachita parishes. Opens and administers successions, including small succession affidavits, and handles probate litigation. Attorneys on staff hold LLM degrees in tax law.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTax Planningand 5 more
- Office
- 201 St. Charles StreetBaton Rouge, LA 70802
FirmCoushatta, LA
Since 1922 · Serves 8 counties
Practices from Coushatta in Red River Parish, where the firm was founded in 1922, and from Shreveport, with clients in Caddo, Natchitoches, DeSoto, Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne and Sabine parishes. Opens and completes successions with or without a will, including complex successions alongside landowners' property and mineral work, and handles interdictions and continuing tutorships.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianshipProperty LawWills Trusts
- Office
- 1519 Ringgold AveCoushatta, LA 71019
Solo PracticeMetairie, LA
Serves 2 counties
Practices from Metairie in Jefferson Parish for clients throughout the New Orleans metro area. Attorney R. Scott Buhrer, in practice since 1986, administers testate and intestate successions, represents both challengers and administrators in contested successions, and handles interdictions. He holds an MBA from Tulane University, applied to estates with business interests.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationGuardianshipand 3 more
- Office
- 3017 21st Street, Suite 110Metairie, LA 70002
FirmGretna, LA
Since 1980 · Serves 3 counties
Practices from Gretna near the Jefferson, Orleans and Plaquemines parish courthouses and has served the New Orleans area since 1980. Handles successions under administration, simple successions placing heirs into possession, small succession affidavits and double successions, and both contests and defenses of wills. Offers a free telephone consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationGuardianshipand 2 more
- Office
- 2550 Belle Chasse Highway, Suite 200Gretna, LA 70053
FirmMonroe, LA
Serves 1 county
Practices from Monroe in Ouachita Parish, where its probate and succession attorneys administer successions and form and manage trusts. Works with executors and personal representatives through estate administration, from paying debts to distributing assets and closing the estate, and also drafts wills, trusts and powers of attorney and establishes guardianships.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateGuardianshipFamily Law
- Office
- 1811 Tower DriveMonroe, LA 71201
FirmMetairie, LA
Serves 6 counties
Practices from Metairie and handles successions in Orleans, St. Tammany, Jefferson, Lafourche, St. John and Terrebonne parishes. Represents heirs and succession representatives in successions with and without administration, probate of wills and small successions, and litigates will contests and representative removals. Also answers Medicaid estate recovery claims.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 4 more
- Office
- 2121 N Causeway Blvd., Suite 200Metairie, LA 70001
Solo PracticeAlexandria, LA
Serves 1 county
Practices from Alexandria in Rapides Parish, taking successions from the petition to open through the inventory, creditor claims and the judgment of possession. Represents beneficiaries, trustees and personal representatives in will and trust litigation, including fraudulent conveyances and removal of fiduciaries. Charles D. Elliott has practiced since 1993.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation
- Office
- 720 Murray StreetAlexandria, LA 71301
FirmMetairie, LA
Since 1989 · Serves 3 counties
Practices from Metairie, New Orleans and Hammond, serving Jefferson, Orleans and Tangipahoa parishes, and has handled successions since its founding in 1989. Handles succession and estate administration, trust administration, and estate and trust litigation over will validity, trust management and the distribution of estate assets, with estate, gift and income tax planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
- Office
- 1 Galleria Blvd., Suite 1100Metairie, LA 70001
Solo PracticeSlidell, LA
Serves the whole state
Slidell solo practice of D. Bruce Cameron, with more than 20 years of succession and estate administration work in St. Tammany Parish and along the Northshore. Represents heirs, beneficiaries and executors from identifying assets and paying creditors to distribution, and in estate disputes over undue influence, incapacity and fraud. Evening and weekend appointments are available.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationWills Trusts
- Office
- 1290 7th St, Suite 1Slidell, LA 70458
Solo PracticeShreveport, LA
Serves the whole state
Shreveport attorney Carl H. Franklin has handled successions and probate for over 39 years, for clients in Caddo, Bossier, Webster, De Soto, Lincoln, Rapides and other parishes. Handles testate and intestate successions, from inventorying property and creditor notices to transferring titles, and works with out-of-state executors remotely. He offers a free phone consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateWills Trusts
- Office
- 400 Travis Street, Suite 314Shreveport, LA 71101
FirmMandeville, LA
Serves 1 county
Mandeville estate and elder law firm led by Christie Tournet, serving St. Tammany Parish and the Greater New Orleans area. Opens successions, including those that can proceed without administration, assists with funding and administering trusts, and handles non-contested interdictions and continuing tutorships. Christie Tournet is a Certified Dementia Practitioner.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more
- Office
- 4040 Desoto StreetMandeville, LA 70471
Solo PracticeGonzales, LA
Serves 1 county
Gonzales solo practice of Christopher J. Bridges, with more than 25 years of succession and probate work in Ascension Parish, including Gonzales and Prairieville. Handles testate and intestate successions through administration, payment of estate debts and the final accounting, and contested probate matters. Also drafts wills and handles tutorships and interdictions.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationGuardianshipWills Trusts
- Office
- 714 N Burnside AveGonzales, LA 70737
Solo PracticeNatchitoches, LA
Serves 1 county
Natchitoches attorney Gary L. Conlay, in private practice there since 1983, is board certified in Tax Law and in Estate Planning and Administration by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. Handles successions with or without a will for families and fiduciaries, with attention to Louisiana and federal taxes. Offers free consultations by phone, email or Zoom.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningWills Trusts
- Office
- PO Box 947Natchitoches, LA 71458
Solo PracticeHouma, LA
Serves 4 counties
Houma practice of Damon J. Baldone, a lifelong Houma resident with over 30 years of law practice, serving Terrebonne Parish, with a second office in Metairie. Opens succession proceedings and handles estate administration, from transferring property titles and accessing bank accounts to paying funeral expenses, taxes and debts and completing the required accounting.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationWills Trusts
- Office
- 162 New Orleans BoulevardHouma, LA 70364
Solo PracticeBossier City, LA
Since 1982 · Serves 2 counties
Bossier City practice of David L. White, whose firm has served North Louisiana since 1982, with succession clients in Bossier City and Shreveport. Handles the probate of wills and testate and intestate successions, and brings interdictions in which the court appoints a curator for a family member who can no longer manage his or her affairs. Offers a free phone consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipWills Trusts
- Office
- 3985 Airline DriveBossier City, LA 71111
FirmMetairie, LA
Serves 2 counties
Metairie firm handling Louisiana successions and trust litigation for the New Orleans area, including ancillary successions for out-of-state clients with Louisiana property. Represents executors, heirs and legatees in insolvent successions, contested wills, usufructuary accounting and creditor claims, and trustees and beneficiaries in trust disputes. Led by board-certified Beau P. Sagona.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 3027 Ridgelake DrMetairie, LA 70002
FirmHouma, LA
Since 1937 · Serves 1 county
Houma law corporation, established as Pettigrew and Duval in 1937, serving Terrebonne Parish and southeast Louisiana. Handles successions and estate administration, including the probate process and non-probate transfers of a decedent's assets, and drafts wills and trusts. Board-certified specialist Rachel South Boquet also handles special needs trusts and continuing tutorships.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianshipSpecial Needs Planning
- Office
- 101 Wilson AvenueHouma, LA 70364
FirmRuston, LA
Serves 4 counties
Ruston firm with offices in Monroe, Minden and Shreveport serving the Interstate 20 corridor in North Louisiana. Handles small-succession affidavits, independent and administered successions, and ancillary successions for Louisiana property of out-of-state decedents. Also prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney and living will declarations, and handles guardianships.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 5 more
- Office
- 202 N Vienna StRuston, LA 71270
FirmLeesville, LA
Serves 6 counties
Leesville firm based in Vernon Parish that also serves Rapides, Beauregard, Sabine, Natchitoches and Calcasieu Parishes. Guides executors and administrators through Louisiana successions, including creditor claims and omitted heirs, and prepares wills, trusts, living wills and powers of attorney. Senior partner Alvin C. "Chuck" Dowden Jr. has practiced law in Vernon Parish since 1986.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateCriminal DefenseFamily Lawand 2 more
- Office
- 301 S 3rd StreetLeesville, LA 71446
Solo PracticeRuston, LA
Since 2019 · Serves 6 counties
Ruston practice established in 2019, serving Lincoln, Union, Ouachita, Morehouse, Claiborne and Bienville Parishes. Handles testate and intestate successions, small-succession affidavits and opening a succession in district court, and prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney and living wills. Attorney Phillip J. Ellis meets clients in person, by phone or by video.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateBusiness LawCriminal Defenseand 4 more
- Office
- 2100 Floyd Park Dr, Suite 3Ruston, LA 71270