Joseph W. Mengis
Partner
Areas of Practice
- Successions
- Wills
- Trusts
- Estate Planning
- Civil Practice
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1992
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1993
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1993
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1995
Education
- Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- J.D. - 1992
- Louisiana State University
- B.S. - 1989
Classes/Seminars
- Speaker, Legal Education Estate Planning Seminar, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 1999 - Present
- Speaker, Estate Planning Seminar, Tulane Law School, 2004 - Present
- Speaker, Estate Planning Seminar, Loyola Law School, 2004 - Present
- Speaker, Successions and Donations, Paul M. Hebert Continuing Legal Education Recent Development Seminar, 2003 - Present
- Teacher, Succession and Donations, Barbri Bar Review Course, Barbri Bar, Baton Rouge Location, 2004 - Present
- Teacher, Successions and Donations, Paul M. Hebert Law Center Louisiana State Bar Review Course, 2003
- Teacher, Business Law, Catholic High School of Baton Rouge, 1999 - Present
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Board Certified in Estate Planning and Administration
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV* Rating
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Recipient, Award for Outstanding Young Lawyer-State of Louisiana, 2005
- Louisiana State Bar Association Board of Governors, Member, 2005 - 2007
- Louisiana State Law Institute, Officer, 2003 - Present
- Louisiana State Law Institute, Member, Successions and Donations Committee, 2002 - Present
- Louisiana State Law Institute, Member, Coordination Committee, 2002 - Present
- Louisiana State Law Institute, 2000 - 2002, 2003 - Present, Council
- Baton Rouge Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section Council, Chair, 2001
- Young Lawyers Section Council, Member, 1996 - 2002
- Baton Rouge Bar Association, Member, 1994 - Present
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Member
- Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Member
- Manresa House of Retreats, Member, Board of Directors, 2004 - Present
- Manresa House of Retreats, Captain, 2002 - Present
- Vision 21 Foundation, Secretary-Treasurer, 1997 - Present
- Catholic High Alumni Association, President, 1997 - 1998
Past Employment Positions
- Guglielmo, Marks, Schutte, Terhoeve & Love, Partner, 1996 - 1998
- Mathews, Atkinson, Guglielmo, Marks & Day, Associate, 1994 - 1996
- Hon. Frank J. Polozola, United States District Judge, Middle District of Louisiana, Law Clerk, 1992 - 1994
