“Clients have to navigate areas that are unknown and risky. I try not only to guide them through the legal elements of a deal, but also to build a strong relationship with them in the process. I believe this approach pays dividends down the line.”

Overview

Joe Wilson is a business and trusts and estates lawyer focusing on real estate, finance, general business, and estate planning and probate matters.  Joe represents business owners, real estate developers, lenders, and manufacturing and industrial facilities operators on a multitude of legal and operational issues, including property acquisitions, sales and development, title insurance, corporate structuring and governance, and regulatory compliance.  In addition to his corporate representations, Joe has established himself as a leader in the field of private wealth legal services and succession planning.  Joe regularly advises corporate fiduciaries, individuals, family offices, and high-net-worth clients on a wide range of estate planning, probate and administration needs, including the drafting and oversight of wills, trusts and family succession plans, the development and implementation of gifting strategies and tax minimization efforts, as well as charitable and for-profit asset acquisitions and divestitures.  Clients frequently engage Joe to negotiate, draft, and interpret purchase agreements, leases, operating agreements, wills, trusts, bylaws and other organizational documents, loans, and security agreements. Joe is a state-licensed title insurance agent, issuing title insurance policies through Lewis Title Co., the firm’s in-house title agency.  

Joe is a frequent public speaker on trusts and estates and business law topics, focusing his presentations on legal issues that affect the lives and business operations of his clients.

Joe graduated summa cum laude from Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as a Senior Editor of the Louisiana Law Review. He received the Law Review’s Vinson & Elkins Award for the Best Student Casenote or Comment.