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As one of the principal partners for the Northwest Louisiana law firm Richie, Richie & Oberle, L.L.P., Attorney C. Vernon Richie has proven his ability to represent his clients effectively, earning an AV® Rating from Martindale-Hubbell® in his nearly half of a century representing clients in Shreveport and the surrounding areas. He is admitted to many districts in Louisiana, and has the in-depth knowledge and insights to help his clients succeed. Call Richie, Richie & Oberle, L.L.P. today and schedule your free consultation. Their firm serves clients with estate planning, criminal defense, personal injury, family law, and more.

My greatest joy as an attorney is helping my clients find comfort and security during challenging times. I provide this support through both estate planning and probate legal services. When my clients need estate planning or probate services, they are often struggling with issues of death, loss, aging, fear, and uncertainty. It is my job to help them achieve certainty, clarity, and calm by guiding them through the choices and processes at hand.. As an Estate Planner, I help my clients evaluate the roles of their family and friends, and their assets and debts. I then advise them regarding key decisions involving who should be entrusted with certain responsibilities and obligations, and how property should be distributed.. When clients need succession or probate assistance, I counsel my clients through gathering the necessary information, working with creditors and heirs of an estate, and navigating the opening and closing of the succession. My goal is to provide clarity, efficiency, and support to an otherwise overwhelming process, so that a family can focus on overcoming grief and emotionally supporting their loved ones.. We know that legal services can be expensive, so we have developed a range of offerings that are designed to help our clients get the legal services they need, at a cost they can afford. To achieve this goal, we offer several different levels of estate planning services, and payment plans for succession and probate matters.

Chip LoCoco was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he attended Jesuit High School and received his BA degree from Loyola University in 1990 with a concentration in History. He then went on to receive his J.D. degree from Loyola University Law School in 1993 and joined his father's firm, Many & LoCoco, after being sworn in as an attorney in October, 1993.Chip's emphasis in his law practice is probate, wills, estate planning, interdictions, powers of attorney, living wills and trusts. He has also been appointed by the Court in complex matters to represent the interest of individuals in many differing areas of law. Martindale-Hubbell has given Chip an AV® Preeminent rating as an attorney, which is the pinnacle of excellence awarded by the Bar and the Judiciary to any individual attorney, recognizing that Chip has the highest possible rating available in legal ability and ethical standards. Chip was named by New Orleans Magazine as one of the "Top Lawyers"  in the New Orleans area.Chip is the member of many professional organizations such as the New Orleans Bar Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association and the St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association. He is a Member of the Trusts, Estate, Probate and Immovable Property Law Section of the LSBA. He is also a Member of the New Orleans Estate Planning Council.. Chip is also involved in many social and community organizations such as the Krewe of Thoth, the Cefalutana Society and he is a Member of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. Chip is the current President of the St. Pius X Parish Pastoral Council and is the Recording Secretary for the St. Pius X Men's Club. He also serves on the St. Pius X School Board.Away from law practice, Chip pursues his other interests. He is a recognized novelist. He has authored two novels, Tempesta's Dream and Bellafortuna. He gives talks on opera and Italian culture. He is also involved in coaching baseball and soccer in the community.

I am a New Orleans-based attorney with a defense-focused litigation practice.  I primarily handle matters involving immovable property, including condemnations, landlord/tenant disputes, environmental matters, redhibition, and oil and gas issues.  I also handle contested successions and corporate matters, and I represent corporate creditors and debtors.. I attended Loyola University College of Law, where I graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the Loyola Law Review.. Prior to attending law school, I worked on the engineering side of the oil and gas industry.

Siobhan Leger is a graduate of both Louisiana State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in English, and the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University, where she earned her Juris Doctor and herGraduate Diploma in Comparative Law. Siobhan graduated with honors for pro bono service and was admitted to practice in the State of Louisiana shortly thereafter.. After practicing in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, probate, and real estate law for several years with a boutique law firm in the Baton Rouge area, Siobhan Leger opened the Leger Law Group, LLC. As the managing attorney for the Leger Law Group, LLC, Siobhan now practices in all areas of civil law, but continues to focus her practice on wills & trusts, estates, real estate, medicaid qualification, and family law.. Siobhan serves her community as an active volunteer attorney with Wills for Heroes: an organization that provides no-cost estate planning legal services to veterans, members of law enforcement, and their families. Since 2011, she has served Baton Rouge residents in need of legal services as a volunteer attorney with Baton Rouge Bar Association's Pro Bono Panel and Thirst for Justice Initiative. She also serves on the board of the Women's Council of Greater Baton Rouge.In 2015, Siobhan was nominated to serve as a member of the Practice Assistance & Improvement Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association.

I began my career at a big law firm in New Orleans. Pretty much as soon as I got there, I was unhappy because there was a huge disconnect between what I had dreamed about when I went to law school and the reality of being a lawyer. I had dreamed about going to law school and coming out and making a difference in people’s lives, but in reality, practice in a law firm was totally transactional and didn’t truly serve our clients.. Here’s what I mean …. First of all, everything we did was billed on an hourly basis. And, as you can imagine at more than $400/hour, my clients wanted me to do everything as quickly as possible with as little communication as possible. They didn’t want to talk about their families and they were afraid to call when they had changes in their lives or questions about their businesses because they didn’t know how much that call would cost them and whether it was worth it.. As a result, often they would have life changes, such as a new baby, a divorce, a new property purchase, or a new business started, but I wouldn’t hear about it because they didn’t want to pay to tell me. And, that meant that their plan was destined to fail when their family needed it most because it would be out of date pretty quickly after we created it.. They would leave the office with their fancy binder of estate planning documents, go to the bank because I had told them to change the name of their bank account to transfer their account into their plan and then they’d forget what I said, and call the office, only to get my voicemail, and leave the bank without having transferred the account and then it would never happen.. This is likely what happened to the father-in-law of one of my colleagues. He died when she was in law school and even though he had spent $3,000 on an estate plan, after his death, she and her family were stuck dealing with his ex-wife and the probate court, even though that’s exactly why he had spent the money to do his estate planning, to keep them from having to deal w his ex-wife or the the courts.. She thought for sure his lawyer must have committed malpractice, but then after she went to work at one of the best law firms in the country and saw that they did it exactly the same way, and that most firms did. What she found out is that it wasn’t malpractice at all, it was common practice.. What I noticed when I was at the big firm is that clients would come in, we’d prepare some documents for them, they’d sign the documents (most often not having a clear sense of what they were signing) and then take the documents, stick them in a drawer and not look at them again.. That’s just what the typical estate planning experience had become. And I knew my clients’ plans would fail as a result.. There was nothing abnormal about it, but it didn’t feel right to me. We didn’t have a mechanism for following up with our clients, making sure their assets were titled properly, or communicating regularly to make sure their plans continued to work throughout life.. So, I thought long and hard about whether I could change the way things were done at the firm and I was so disillusioned with the process, I gave up practicing law altogether for a while – that’s how unhappy I was.. I opened this new firm with the idea of bringing back the Personal Family Lawyer relationship - where initial planning is just the beginning of the relationship and we’re focused on putting in place a plan we know we will work for you and the people you love.. So, here are some of the things we do differently based on my experience with the traditional model of estate planning.. First of all – nothing we do is billed on an hourly basis. Everything we do is billed flat fee, agreed to in advance, so there are no surprises. You’ll know exactly what it will cost to work with us, after we’ve gotten clear about what you want, and you’ll even be able to choose your own fee. Then, after the initial planning process, we have options so that you can ensure your plan stays up to date throughout your life, and again you’ll know exactly what that costs and choose your own fee there.. Second – I have a team of people here to support you. That means, if you are at the bank and call our office to get a quick answer about how to title an account, you don’t have to leave the bank and return on another day because there was no one available to answer your question for hours or days. You’ll be able to speak to someone to get your questions answered right away. And, if you need to speak with me about something that my team cannot answer, we’ll get a call scheduled on my calendar so that I can be prepared and you can be prepared and we won’t waste your time playing phone tag.. Third – we see planning as just the beginning of the relationship whereas in the past the plan was viewed as a one-time transactional event.. Once you sign your planning documents, that is when the relationship really begins. At no additional charge, we review your plan at least every three years. And, we have two levels of membership programs that almost all of our clients participate in – either the gold program which provides you with a yearly plan review and unlimited changes to your plan or the gold plus program that includes an annual meeting with your attorney, CPA and financial advisor, plus ongoing legal guidance throughout the year.. Finally, we don’t just focus on passing on your financial assets, but your whole family wealth. When my colleague’s dad died, he left behind a little money, but more important to her, especially because the money was gone quickly, he left her a voicemail on her phone. It said “Lex, it’s your dad. Call me back.” And she listened to that voicemail all the time. Until the day it got deleted accidentally. She was devastated. That’s why we created a process and include it in every plan where we guide you to pass on more than your money, but also your intellectual, spiritual and human assets. We include that with every plan and our clients and their families love having that as part of their plan.. These are just a few of the things that make our firm different. We’re the best fit for people who don’t just want to leave their family a set of documents that may or may not work, but instead want to use the estate planning process to pass on a legacy of love and care and ease. And keep their family out of court and out of conflict.. On a personal note, I got into estate planning in the first place because of what happened when my grandfather passed away when I was about 10 years old. Because he didn’t leave a plan, when he died, it tore our family apart. My mom and her 6 siblings were in and out of court for almost 30 years to settle a modest estate, and to this day one side of the family doesn’t speak to the other.. I believe that proper estate planning is something that you do for the people you love the most. You won’t be the one to benefit from the plan we are going to design for you today – the people who will benefit are the people you love the most who will be dealing with things after you’re gone.

Ashley is an associate in the estate and succession practice group. Her practice is primarily focused on advising clients on probate administration, estate litigation, estate planning, trust administration, and marriage contracts. She helps guide families through the legal process when a family member passes to ensure that estate assets are passed properly. Before joining the firm, she worked as In-House Counsel for a Florida holdings company and then with the Jefferson Parish Attorney Office as an Associate Attorney.. She is a native of New Orleans and attended The University of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. After working as a paralegal for eight years, she attended law school at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where she obtained her Juris Doctorate in Law.

Along with his father George L. Carmouche, created the law firm: The Carmouche Group, LLC, predecessor of Carmouche Title, . Scott Carmouche received his Juris Doctorate from the Paul M. Hebert School of Law at LSU along with a Bachelor of Civil Law.  He is a licensed attorney in the State of Louisiana and has worked in the Property Rights realm for most of his 10 year career.  Scott has analyzed and reviewed property title on over 100,000 acres of land in Louisiana.  Over those 10 years, Scott had analyzed and handled a plethora of property rights issues.  He presents regularly on the topics of Servitude, Acquisitive Prescription (Squatters) and many other property and ownership is also certified by the Louisiana State Bar Association as a Civil Litigation and Child Custody & Visitation Mediator.   Prior to attending Law School, Scott worked as a Law Enforcement Officer in California and Florida where a majority of his experience was in Dispute Resolution and Mediation.  Mr. Carmouche has an extensive background and training in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation while in Law School and through various State & Bar sanctioned programs and certifications.  He continues his training and education yearly and participates as an adviser to those learning the practice of mediation and dispute resolution.  George L. Carmouche, has worked in the Oil & Gas legal field for most of his 36 year career: handling multi-million dollar mineral issue cases, teaching Oil and Gas seminars to many of his colleagues in Louisiana, and serving as the Commissioner of Conservation for the State of Louisiana from 1996-1997. The SONRIS system, a complete on-line database of Louisiana mineral records, was developed under George L. Carmouche as Commissioner of Conservation, and has moved Oil and Gas production in Louisiana into the 21st century.  George has since retired and works on an advisory/of counsel role with Scott.

I am an attorney law in both the New Orleans and Baton Rouge metropolitan areas at the firm of Newman, Mathis, Brady & Spedale, PLC.  My practice utilizes the Master of Business Administration that I earned in addition to my Juris Doctor.  I practice many areas of law, performing both transactional work and litigation.  My practice areas include Appellate, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Collections, Compliance, Corporate and Business, Entertainment, Employment, Real Estate, Tax and Estate Planning.  As part of my real estate practice, I am also a title agent for Gulf Title Corporation.  You can read about these areas of law on my blogs, It's Just Business Law, Trust Me (I'm a Lawyer) and Louisiana Purchase Law.  You can also read about me and my practice on my firm's website.. I am uncomfortable putting my cases on this website due to the privacy of my clients and those I have had cases against.. I joined Newman, Mathis, Brady & Spedale, PLC in 2007 after receiving my Juris Doctorate and Master of Business Administration from the College of William and Mary.  I attended LSU for two years before earning a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Loyola University New Orleans.. I am 36 years old and am married to my lovely wife Corrina.  We have three dogs, Iggy, Binx and Lily, and live in the Marigny in New Orleans.

Frazer focuses on commercial real estate transactions and development, estate planning, trusts, successions, corporate and commercial law, oil-and-gas law, and employment law. Frazer was born in Montgomery, Alabama. He attended Tulane University and received his Bachelor of Arts in 1969. Graduating from Tulane University Law School in 1972 with his Juris Doctor, he was admitted to the bar in 1973.. Frazer has extensive experience in the representation of major landowners, and in identifying and resolving regulatory and title issues. He also participates routinely in the drafting of wills, trusts, and other estate planning documentation, as well as the administration of substantial estates, trusts, and businesses. He has litigated contested estate and trust matters on behalf of both estate representatives and heirs or legatees. On occasion, Frazer has also served as trustee of both testamentary and intervivos trusts, when requested by clients to do so. In 2012, Frazer was included by New Orleans Magazine in its listing of the best trust and estates lawyers. He is a member of the New Orleans Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association, American Bar Association, and the Maritime Law Association of the United States. Frazer is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Louisiana, and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.