Attorney Joseph Mengis, Perry, Atkinson, Balhoff, Mengis & Burns, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Joseph W. Mengis
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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, 1992
J.D.; Louisiana State University, 1989
B.S.

Classes/Seminars Taught:: 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; Louisiane State Bar Association; Board Certified in Estate Planning and Admininstration; 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, 2005 - 2007; Member; Louisiana State Law Institute, 2003 - Present; Officer; Louisiana State Law Institute, 2002 - Present; Member, Successions and Donations Committee; Louisiana State Law Institute, 2002 - Present; Member, Coordination Committee; Louisiana State Law Institute, 2000 - 2002, 2003 - Present; Council; Baton Rouge Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section Council, 2001; Chair; Young Lawyers Section Council, 1996 - 2002; Member; Baton Rouge Bar Association, 1994 - Present; Member; Louisiana State Bar Association; Member; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Member; Manresa House of Retreats, 2004 - Present; Member, Board of Directors; Manresa House of Retreats, 2002 - Present; Captain; Vision 21 Foundation, 1997 - Present; Secretary-Treasurer; Catholic High Alumni Association, 1997 - 1998; President

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