Edwin Ford Hunter III, born Lake Charles, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Preparatory education, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.A., with distinction, 2001); legal education, Tulane University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Trial Advocacy Honors Designation, Tulane University Law School, 2004. President, Jennings Rotary Club, 2007-2008. Oceans Healthcare Compliance Officer, 2004-2014. Chairman, GREX, Inc., 2010-2013; Director, 2015. Member: Southwest Louisiana Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association for Justice; Louisiana State Law Institute (Observer; Young Lawyers Representative, 2009-2010); Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana (Director, 2006-2014). E−Mail: Edwin Ford Hunter III
Edwin K. Hunter, born Shreveport, Louisiana, December 26, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Louisiana; 1979, District of Columbia; 1994, Texas; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Tax Court. Legal education, Louisiana State University Law Center (J.D., 1967). Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. Fraternity: Phi Delta Phi. Honor Societies: Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Tau Kappa Alpha; Delta Sigma Rho; Mu Sigma Rho; Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Louisiana Law Review, 1966-1967. Governor's Task Force, Instructional and Public Television, 1970-1971. Louisiana Education Television Authority, 1971-1983. Louisiana Commission on Indian Affairs, 1972-1980. Louisiana State University Law Center Hall of Fame, 1989. Trustee: Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation; Chambers Medical Foundation; Fritz Lang Foundation; Olive Tupper Foundation. Advisory Committee: Revision of Book II, Louisiana Civil Code, Louisiana Law Institute; Institute on Mineral Law. Speaker: Louisiana Advanced Tax Workshop, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association; Louisiana State Bar Summer School for Lawyers; Law School for Doctors; Louisiana State University Law Center, 26th Annual Estate Planning Seminar; Louisiana State University Center of Continuing Professional Development; 35th Annual Hawaii Tax Institute; University of Texas Law School, 17th Annual Bankruptcy Conference. Author: "Planning for the Surviving Spouse Under Forced Heirship," Community Property Journal (Fall 1974); "Co-Ownership Under the Mineral Code," 22nd Annual Institute on Mineral Law (1975); "Estate Tax Valuation of Farmland," Louisiana Bar Journal (February 1983); "Delegating Estate Asset Selection," Louisiana Bar Journal (August 1986). Member: Southwest Louisiana Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association (Chairman, Board of Specialization, Taxation Section, 1990-1991); The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. Taxation; Estate Planning; Probate; Oil and Gas; Tax Litigation; Corporate; Business Law. E−Mail: Edwin K. Hunter
Rebecca Jacobs Hunter, born Lake Charles, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2009, Louisiana. Preparatory education, Texas A&M University (B.A., cum laude, 2004); legal education, Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University (J.D., 2009). Member: Southwest Louisiana Bar Association (Chairman, "Holiday Helping Hands", 2013-2014; Board Member, Young Lawyers Section, 2013-2017; Secretary, Family Law Section, 2015-; Secretary, 2016; Treasurer, 2017; President-Elect, 2018; President, 2019; Family Court Rules Committee, 14th Judicial District Court, 2021-); Louisiana State Bar Association (Criminal Justice Committee, 2013-2015); Southwest Louisiana Bar Foundation (Board, Community Partnership Panel 2019-; Treasurer, 2018-). Adoptions; Divorce; Custody; Community Property; Criminal Law. E−Mail: Rebecca Jacobs Hunter
Shayna L. Sonnier, born Lake Charles, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas; 2005, Louisiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts, Northern District of Texas and Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Tax Court. Preparatory education, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.A., cum laude, 2000); legal education, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University (J.D., 2003). Named, Rotarian of the Year, Greater Lake Charles Rotary Club, 2009. Member: Southwest Louisiana Bar Association (President, Young Lawyers Section, 2007-2008; Executive Council Secretary, 2013; Treasurer, 2014; President-Elect, 2015; President, 2016; Past President, 2017); Louisiana State Bar Association (Secretary, 2009-2010; Chair-Elect, 2010-2011; Chair, 2011-2012; Young Lawyers Division; District 4 Representative, Board of Governors, 2013-2016); State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Bar Foundation (Board of Directors, 2016-2017). E−Mail: Shayna L. Sonnier