Hirschel T. Abbott, Jr

Professional:  Hirschel T. Abbott, Jr. is a partner, through his professional corporation, with Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, L.L.P. in New Orleans, Past Chair of the firm's Business Section and current Co-head of the firm's Tax Practice Group.

He is a Board Certified Tax Law Specialist and has over 25 years of experience representing clients in tax, corporate and business transactions. A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Virginia Law Review and Order of the Coif, he is a CPA, has taught corporation law and corporate tax as a visiting professor at LSU Law Center and has spoken at many professional seminars. His tax and business practice includes representation of businesses, individuals and non-profit tax-exempt organizations. Particular areas include corporate and partnership tax, tax-exempt bond financing, individual tax and estate planning.

Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, L.L.P.:   Attorney since 1971; Partner since 1975 through Hirschel T. Abbott, Jr. (A Professional Corporation); Past Member of Management Committee.

Professional Associations:   Board Certified Tax Law Specialist; Tax Section of American Bar Association; Tax Section of Louisiana Bar Association; Business Law Section of American Bar Association; Corporations Section of Louisiana Bar Association; Real Property, Trusts and Probate Section of American Bar Association; Succession, Donations and Trusts Section of Louisiana Bar Association; Louisiana Bar Association; Past Chair, Tax Law Specialization Commission--Louisiana Bar Association; Mississippi State Bar Association; Certified Public Accountant; New Orleans Estate Planning Council; Association of Employee Benefit Planners (New Orleans); Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and Past Member--Charitable Planning and Exempt Organizations Committee; Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation.

Assistant Professor:  Louisiana State University Law School (1976-77) (during leave of absence from Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, L.L.P.) in Corporation Law, Corporate Tax and Income Tax.

Law School:  University of Virginia – J.D. (1971) – Member of Law Review, Order of the Coif and Phi Alpha Delta.

U.S. Army:  First Lieutenant (1965-67)

College:  University of Mississippi (1964) (BBA – Accounting) – Honorary Fraternities: Delta Sigma Pi, Beta Gamma Sigma; Social Fraternity: Sigma Alpha Epsilon (Treasurer)

Civic/Charitable Board Memberships and Other:
Member of the Vestry (Board of Trustees) Trinity Church (Episcopal)
Board of Directors and Vice President – Episcopal Housing for Seniors, Inc.
Board of Directors and Vice President – Lambeth House, Inc.
Past Board Member and Chairman for Four Years – Trinity Episcopal School
Past Board Member – Uptown Neighborhood Improvement Association
Past Board Member and Secretary – Preservation Resource Center, Inc. – New Orleans
Past Board Member and Chairman, Jefferson Scholarship Selection Committee (Louisiana), University of Virginia
Past Board Member and Treasurer, Louisiana Civil Service League
Past Professional Division Solicitor – United Way
Past Regional Chairman, University of Virginia Law School Annual Giving Fund
Chairman, Campaign for Trinity (Capital Fund Drive, 1986-87)
Past Member of Advisory Board, Junior League of New Orleans
Monte M. Lemann Award 1989 – Louisiana Civil Service League
Board of Visitors – Trinity Episcopal School
Chancellor (Attorney) – Trinity Church (Episcopal) and Trinity Episcopal School

Personal:  DOB January 11, 1942; Married – Mimi DuPre Abbott; Two adult children: Barkley Abbott Laing, Atlanta, and Hirschel T. Abbott III, Charlotte

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Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, L.L.P.
546 Carondelet Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

John Holleman

John Holleman is certified by the Louisiana Board Of Legal Specialization as an Estate Planning and Administration Specialist.

He graduated from the Louisiana State University Law School in 1974. After graduation he worked as a legislative analyst in the Louisiana Office of Legislative Counsel, and as Clerk for the Judges of the 16^th Judicial District Court. In 1977, he went into the private practice of law.

His general practice since that time has included significant experience in estate planning and succession matters. In 1997, he and Layne Lee formed the firm of Holleman & Lee, LLC, which limits its practice to the area of estate planning, including wills, trusts, successions, business succession planning, family limited partnerships, and other similar disciplines.

He has served as Chairman of the Board of Epiphany Day School in New Iberia, La.,Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of The Episcopal School of Acadiana, President of the Iberia Jaycees, and as counsel for the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Department.

He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Fifth Circuit Bar Association, and the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, he has served as member of the House Of Delegates of the Louisiana State Bar Association and is currently a member of the Trust, Estate Probate and Taxation Sections of the Louisiana State Bar Association.

He is married to the former Betsy Dale and they have three children ages 20, 13, and 8.

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Holleman & Lee LLC
P.O. Box 2070
Vidalia, LA. 71373

Ronda M. Gabb

Firm Profile:

The law firm of Ronda M. Gabb & Associates, LLC, is primarily devoted to estate planning and related activities. This includes Revocable Living Trusts, Wills, Successions, Limited Liability Companies, Family Limited Partnerships, Charitable Remainder Trusts, Special Needs Trusts, Gift Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, Credit Shelter Trusts, Louisiana Dynasty (Class) Trusts, IRA QTIP Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Real Estate Transfers.

The firm is dedicated to helping people protect their assets, provide for their loved ones and plan for life’s contingencies through proper estate planning. The firm’s guiding principle is to deliver nothing less than the best estate planning service possible to their clients in a warm and friendly atmosphere where the needs of the client are always first.

Ronda M. Gabb & Associates, LLC, presently has law offices conveniently located in Mandeville and Metairie with a satellite office opening in Baton Rouge by Spring, 2001.

Professional Profile:

Ronda M. Gabb, JD, RFC, CEPP, enjoys speaking to area residents and professional groups about proper estate planning. She has been involved in financial planning since 1988, estate planning since 1992, and has gained a well-deserved reputation as a dynamic speaker and educator. Ronda has completed hundreds of wills and trusts in Louisiana and has written several articles on Living Trusts and proper estate planning for local publications. She is also a featured speaker at the Money Watch 2001 convention in New Orleans this March.

Ronda received her Juris Doctor degree from Tulane Law School with a concentration in estate planning. She is a member of the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, an organization of attorneys nationwide whose law practices emphasize excellence in estate planning. She also received the designations of Registered Financial Consultant, and Certified Estate Planning Professional. Ronda is a member of the Elder Law Task Force of the Louisiana Bar Association, and the Real Property, Probate and Trust Division of the American Bar Association.

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Ronda M. Gabb & Associates, LLC
1800 W. Causeway Approach, Suite 116
Mandeville, LA. 70471

Ronda M. Gabb & Associates, LLC
3501 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 300
Metairie, LA 70002