Practice areas: Bankruptcy, Business Litigation
Licensed in Louisiana since: 1980
Education: Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2026 Kelly Hart Pitre
301 Main StSuite 1600
Baton Rouge, LA 70801 Phone: 225-381-9643 Email: Louis M. Phillips Visit website
Details 
Louis M. Phillips is a partner at Kelly Hart Pitre and leader of the Firm's Bankruptcy/Debtor-Creditor practice. Louis 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.
First Admitted: 1980, Louisiana
Professional Webpage: https://www.kellyhart.com/attorney/Louis-M-Phillips/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Permanent Chair, Louisiana State University Center for Continuing Professional Development, Bankruptcy Law Seminar, 1995-Present
- Louisiana State University Law School, Adjunct Professor, 1988-Present
- American College of Bankruptcy, Fellow
Educational Background
- Louisiana State University, J.D., 1980
- Rhodes College, B.A., 1976, 1976
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Speaker, 30th Annual LSU Bankruptcy Law Conference, October 2024, Speaker, 30th Annual LSU Bankruptcy Law Conference, October 2025, LSU Bankruptcy Law Conference, 2025
- Speaker, "The Intersection of Mass Torts" and Bankruptcy," Louisiana State Bar 24th Annual Complex Litigation Symposium, November 2024, Speaker, The Intersection of Mass Torts" and Bankruptcy, Louisiana State Bar 24th Annual Complex Litigation Symposium, 2024
- Speaker, 30th Annual LSU Bankruptcy Law Conference, October 2024, Speaker, Bankruptcy Law, 30th Annual LSU Bankruptcy Law Conference, 2024
- Speaker, "Can Chapter 11 Do Anything for Real Estate & Retail & Oil/Gas Debtors?" Fifth Circuit Bankruptcy Bench-Bar Conference, March 2024, Speaker, Can Chapter 11 Do Anything for Real Estate & Retail & Oil/Gas Debtors?, Fifth Circuit Bankruptcy Bench-Bar Conference, 2024
- Speaker, Bankruptcy Law: Recent Developments in Louisiana, 3rd Annual Spring Seminar and Crawfish Boil, hosted by the Lafayette/Acadiana Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, April 2024, Speaker, Bankruptcy Law: Recent Developments in Louisiana, Lafayette/Acadiana Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, 2024
- Speaker, Recent Developments: An Overview of National and Circuit Decisions, and Louisiana Decisions of Interest, 29th Annual LSU Bankruptcy Law Conference, November 2023, Speaker, Recent Developments: An Overview of National and Circuit Decisions, and Louisiana Decisions of Interest, 29th Annual LSU Bankruptcy Law Conference, 2023
- Speaker, Business Breakout: Involuntary Bankruptcy: A Powerful Tool in the Creditors’ Arsenal, But Proceed with Caution,29th Annual LSU Bankruptcy Law Conference, November 2023, Speaker, Business Breakout: Involuntary Bankruptcy: A Powerful Tool in the Creditors’ Arsenal, But Proceed with Caution, 29th Annual LSU Bankruptcy Law Conference, 2023
- Speaker, 29th Annual LSU Bankruptcy Law Conference, November 2023, Speaker, Bankruptcy Law, 29th Annual LSU Bankruptcy Law Conference, 2023
- Speaker, Bankruptcy Law Brewed in Louisiana, New Orleans Bar Association, October 2023, Speaker, Bankruptcy Law Brewed in Louisiana,, New Orleans Bar Association, 2023
- Speaker, “National and Circuit Decisions, and Louisiana Decisions of Interest,” 28th Annual LSU Bankruptcy Law Seminar, November 2022, Speaker, National and Circuit Decisions, and Louisiana Decisions of Interest, 2022
- Speaker, 28th Annual LSU Bankruptcy Law Conference, November 2022, Speaker, 28th Annual LSU Bankruptcy Law Conference, 2022
- Speaker, LSU Law 27th Annual Bankruptcy Law Conference, December 2021, Speaker, LSU Law 27th Annual Bankruptcy Law Conference, 2021
- Speaker, “Applying Objective Reasonableness: The Many Questions That Remain After Taggart V. Lorenzen,” Fifth Circuit Bankruptcy Bench-Bar Conference, February 2020, Speaker, Applying Objective Reasonableness: The Many Questions That Remain After Taggart V. Lorenzen, 2020
- Featured Speaker, 13th Annual Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference, 2019, 2019
- Featured Speaker, Fifth Circuit Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference, 2018, 2018
- Featured Speaker, 13th Annual Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Creditor Rights (BICR) Educational/Social Retreat, March 2018 , 2018
- Featured Speaker, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Annual Convention, September 2017, 2017
- Lecturer; Representation and Fee Issues - Bundling Services; Additional fees for Post Confirmation Practice in Chapter 13 cases, 22nd Annual Bankruptcy Law Seminar (October, 2016), 2016
- Fifth Circuit Symposium: Bankruptcy, 35 Loy. L. Rev. 715 (1989) (with David J. Messina), 1989
- “Developments in the Law: Bankruptcy” 54 La. L. Rev. 599 (1994) (with Diane Sciacca), 1994
- Lecturer; “Ruminations on Property of the Estate: Does Anyone Know Why a Debtor's Postpetition Earnings, Generated by Her Own Earning Capacity, Are Not Property of the Bankruptcy Estate?” 58 La. L. Rev. 623 (1998) (with Tanya Martinez Shively), 1998
- Featured Speaker, 35th Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference (November 2016), 2016
- Lecturer; Nab Talk, Journal Of The National Association Of Bankruptcy Trustees: Musings On “The Standard Of Care Governing The Question Of Trustee Immunity And Trustee Liability: Part 1” Fall Issue 2008 Volume 24 Issue 3, 2008
- Featured Speaker, 34th Annual National CLE Conference (January 2016), 2016
- Lecturer; Nab Talk, Journal Of The National Association Of Bankruptcy “Trustees: Musings On The Standard Of Care Governing The Question Of Trustee Immunity And Trustee Liability: Part 2” Winter Issue 2008 Volume 24 Issue 4 (with Ashley S. Green), 2008
- Featured Panelist, ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, April 2017, 2017
- Lecturer; “Continuing Ruminations on Judicial Estoppel: Barging into the Consumer Field” 2004 No. 2 Norton Bank. L. Advisor (with Brandon A. Brown) , 2004
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1988
Honors
- Louisiana Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2008-2025, Louisiana Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters
- Permanent Chair, Louisiana State University Center for Continuing Professional Development, Bankruptcy Law Seminar (Since 1995)
- Chambers USA, Band 1, 2007-2025, Band 1, Chambers USA
- Top 50 Louisiana Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2018, 2023, Top 50 Louisiana Super Lawyers, Louisiana Super Lawyers
- Adjunct Professor, Louisiana State University Law School
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, 2009-2026, Best Lawyers in America®, Best Lawyers in America®
- Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
Office location for Louis M. Phillips
301 Main St
Suite 1600
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
Selections
19 Years Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2026