Louis M. Phillips

Louis M. Phillips


Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP

Recognized since 2009

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Litigation - Bankruptcy

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2017 - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
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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.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 301 Main Street, Suite 1600
    Baton Rouge, LA 70801
Languages
  • English
Education
  • Louisiana State University, J.D., graduated 1980
  • James A. Rhodes State College, B.A., graduated 1976
Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana, 1980
Affiliations
  • 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
Court Admissions
  • 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

Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP
Headquarters: Fort Worth, Texas

53 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2017 - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Baton Rouge (2017)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
Awards:
  • 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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