Alison Bondurant

Peace of mind. Compassion. Integrity. Those are the three concepts that arise when mentioning our founder, Alison C. Bondurant. For almost two decades, Alison’s focus on wills, trusts, estate planning, business and commercial transactions, succession litigation, and mediation of disputed successions creates an environment of professional yet caring representation and mediation for the people of South Louisiana.

Alison is Board Certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specializations in Estate Planning and Administration. As of the end of 2023, she is one of just over 100 attorneys in Louisiana with this certification.

Alison attended Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. In 2005, she graduated with both her Juris Doctorate and Bachelor’s degree in Civil Law. Alison’s scholarly awards include:

• Graduated in the top 10% of her class
• Admitted to the Order of the Coif
• Served as the Articles Review Editor for Volume 66 of the Louisiana Law Review

‍Practice Areas

• Wills, Trusts, and Estates and Related Litigation
• Successions and Successions Litigation
• Business Advice
• Commercial Real Estate
• Special Needs Planning

Selected Presentations & Articles

 Alison’s practical and legal experience led her to share with others in the community, both legal practitioners and with members of the public. Some of her presentations include:

• ‍Estate Planning and Successions, Problems and Solutions, February 2023
• ‍Perils and Pitfalls in Successions, 22nd JDC Bar Association CLE, Fall 2022
• ‍Wills and Trusts, Spring 2020
• ‍Wills and Trusts, Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company, 2019, 2022, 2024
• ‍Interdictions, STARC, March2019
• ‍Wills and Trusts, First United Methodist Church in Ponchatoula, LA, January 2018
• ‍Succession Accounting and Business Planning with Successions, National Business in New Orleans, August 2018
• ‍Trusts and When to Use Them, 22nd JDC Bar Association, April 2016

Bar Admissions & Professional Memberships

• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Board Certified in Estate Planning and Administration by Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization
• Past President of the Northshore Estate Planning Council
• 22nd JDC Bar Association