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
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
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
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
Solo PracticeBaton Rouge, LA
Serves the whole state
Baton Rouge firm serving clients throughout Louisiana, including out-of-state heirs with Louisiana property. Handles uncontested, contested, ancillary and corrective successions, trust administration, interdictions, succession litigation and appeals. Morgan Field has represented succession clients before the Louisiana Supreme Court; flat fees are available for many uncontested matters.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more
- Office
- 6161 Perkins Rd., Suite 1BBaton Rouge, LA 70808
FirmNew Iberia, LA
Serves the whole state
New Iberia firm with a satellite office in New Orleans, serving Iberia, St. Mary, St. Martin and Vermilion parishes and the rest of Louisiana. Handles successions with or without a will, from identifying assets and debts to putting heirs into possession and filing required accountings. Also drafts wills and special needs and spendthrift trusts.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateSpecial Needs PlanningCriminal Defenseand 4 more
- Office
- 1101 East Admiral Doyle Drive, Suite 503New Iberia, LA 70560
Solo PracticeHouma, LA
Serves the whole state
Houma attorney with a Metairie office by appointment, handling successions in Terrebonne, Lafourche, Jefferson, Orleans and every other Louisiana parish. Handles administered successions, simple possessions, small-succession affidavits, successions for relatives who died years ago, and ancillary probate for out-of-state owners of Louisiana real estate. John E. Sirois is also a CFP.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planningand 3 more
- Office
- 220 Progressive Blvd, Suite AHouma, LA 70360
FirmLafayette, LA
Since 2012 · Serves 1 county
Lafayette firm that has handled family and estate matters throughout Acadiana since 2012, with retired judge Phyllis M. Keaty as of counsel. Handles successions for families after a death, including successions involving real estate, and prepares wills, trusts, special needs trusts and Medicaid plans.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateSpecial Needs PlanningMedicaid Planningand 3 more
- Office
- 2701 Johnston Street, Suite 307Lafayette, LA 70503
Solo PracticePrairieville, LA
Serves 2 counties
Prairieville practice serving Ascension Parish and the Greater Baton Rouge area, with succession and interdiction filings at the 23rd Judicial District Court in Gonzales. Handles testate and intestate Louisiana successions, interdictions and curatorships, wills, trusts, financial and medical mandates, and Medicaid planning. Initial consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 4 more
- Office
- 16094 Hwy 73, Suite 202Prairieville, LA 70769
FirmBaton Rouge, LA
Since 2002 · Serves the whole state
Baton Rouge estate and elder law firm established in 2002, with New Orleans and Lake Charles offices, serving every Louisiana parish. Handles simple and administered successions, small-succession affidavits, trust administration and interdictions. Founder Linda S. Melancon is board certified in Estate Planning and Administration; consultations carry a $450 fee and mostly run by Zoom or phone.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 6 more
- Office
- 3956 Government StreetBaton Rouge, LA 70806
Solo PracticeBaton Rouge, LA
Serves 1 county
Baton Rouge practice of managing attorney Siobhan Leger, handling testate and intestate Louisiana successions. Work covers small succession affidavits, federally taxable estate administrations, ancillary probates, trust administration, contested succession litigation, and tutorship and interdiction proceedings. Consultations are free for most matters, excluding Medicaid consultations.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 9 more
- Office
- 4983 Bluebonnet Blvd, Suite BBaton Rouge, LA 70809
FirmBaton Rouge, LA
Since 1976 · Serves the whole state
Baton Rouge elder law firm, in practice since 1976, serving the Baton Rouge, Denham Springs and Gonzales areas and clients across Louisiana. It handles succession administration, including locating heirs, valuing assets and managing creditor claims, alongside wills, trusts, special needs trusts and Medicaid planning. Founder Peter J. Losavio, Jr. is a Certified Elder Law Attorney.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 3 more
- Office
- 8414 Bluebonnet Blvd, Suite 110Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Solo PracticeNew Orleans, LA
Since 1967 · Serves 4 counties
Mid-City New Orleans firm founded in 1967, now run by Vincent B. "Chip" LoCoco, serving Orleans, Jefferson, St. Tammany and St. Bernard parishes. It handles probate of the will and the succession, from the petition and executor appointment through inventory, payment of debts and distribution to heirs, as well as interdictions and special needs planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 6 more
- Office
- 4833 Conti Street, Suite 109New Orleans, LA 70119
FirmBaton Rouge, LA
Since 2002 · Serves 1 county
Baton Rouge estate planning firm that opens and administers successions in East Baton Rouge Parish and helps trustees administer trusts. Handles will contests, capacity and undue influence claims, heirship disputes, breach of fiduciary duty by succession representatives, and trust litigation. Founded by Myrna Arroyo in 2002; offers a free 15-minute consultation call.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
- Office
- 4459 Bluebonnet Blvd, Building 1 Suite ABaton Rouge, LA 70809
FirmNew Orleans, LA
Since 1958 · Serves 1 county
New Orleans firm whose Estate Planning and Probate Group handles testate and intestate successions, from appraising assets and paying creditors to transferring title. Litigates will, trust and succession disputes, including undue influence and executor fraud, and handles interdictions. Four partners are board-certified estate planning and administration specialists.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 5 more
- Office
- 400 Poydras Street, Suite 2550New Orleans, LA 70130
Solo PracticeMetairie, LA
Serves the whole state
Metairie practice of attorney Wes Blanchard, serving Jefferson, Orleans and St. Tammany parishes and clients across Louisiana. Represents executors, administrators and heirs in simple, small and contested successions, including will contests, forced heirship claims, succession accounting disputes and reopened successions. The firm also serves as trustee and administers existing trusts.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 2800 Veterans Blvd, Suite 257Metairie, LA 70002