Louis M. Phillips
Recognized since 2009
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Louis M. Phillips is a partner at Kelly Hart Pitre and leader of the firm’s Bankruptcy & Business Reorg. practice. Mr. Phillips provides legal representation and consultation for debtors, creditors, and trustees over a broad practice area, including transaction and business structuring and restructuring, bankruptcy reorganization, and bankruptcy and commercial litigation. He also handles civil cases in state and federal courts and has handled matters before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Phillips represents debtors, debtors-in-possession, and creditors in Chapter 11 cases, borrowers and lenders in loan restructuring and workouts, and entities of all types in all practice areas of bankruptcy cases and proceedings.
Mr. Phillips serves as the permanent chair (now Chair Emeritus) of the Annual Bankruptcy Law Seminar sponsored by the Louisiana State University Center for Continuing Professional Development, a program he developed in 1995. He has taught educational programs on bankruptcy law for state judges, and was an Adjunct Professor of Law at LSU Law School from 1988 through 2019. Mr. Phillips was formerly a contributing editor to the Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice 2nd and is the author of numerous articles for law reviews and other periodicals. Mr. Phillips is a frequent speaker and writer for legal education seminars across the country, including the Advanced Bankruptcy Course of the State Bar of Texas, Western District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar; LSU Annual Bankruptcy Law Seminar, LSU Family Law and Recent Developments in Law Jurisprudence Seminars, and seminars sponsored by such esteemed groups as Stetson University College of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Texas Tech School of Law, Norton Institutes on Bankruptcy Law, American Bankruptcy Institute, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Symposium Law Education Institute, 5th Circuit Bench-Bar Bankruptcy Conference, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Bankruptcy Law Institute, MidSouth Commercial Law Institute, the Annual Oil & Gas Law Conference, and the American Bar Association as well as numerous federal district bar associations and those of and in the states of Louisiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin. Among his many other speaking engagements are lectures to the National Association of Attorneys General, Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, and VISA International.
- E-mail: louis.phillips@kellyhart.com
- Direct Phone Number: (225) 338-5308
- Lawyer Page: https://www.kellyhart.com/attorney/Louis-M-Phillips
- 301 Main Street, Suite 1600
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
- English
- Louisiana State University, J.D., graduated 1980
- James A. Rhodes State College, B.A., graduated 1976
- Louisiana, 1980
- American Bar Foundation - Fellow
- Louisiana State University Center for Continuing Professional Development, Bankruptcy Law Seminar - Permanent Chair, 1995-Present
- American College of Bankruptcy - Fellow
- Louisiana State University Law School - Adjunct Professor, 1988-Present
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Louisiana
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court, 5th Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana
53 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
28 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Baton Rouge (2017)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
Best Lawyers in America®, U.S. News & World Report, 2009-2025
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights | Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation | Bankruptcy
Chambers USA, Band 1, 2007-2024
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights
Louisiana Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2008-2024
- Bankruptcy: Business
Louisiana Super Lawyers Top 50, Thomson Reuters, 2018
- Bankruptcy
- Best Lawyers® Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law Lawyer of the Year, Baton Rouge, U.S. News & World Report, 2017
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