Theus Law Offices

Focus and practice areas

Theus Law Offices handles estate planning and asset protection, probate and succession administration, business law, real estate law, tax law, and Medicaid and nursing home planning. The firm works with individuals, businesses, and public bodies. Its website describes specific legal tasks within each field.

The estate planning work includes living wills, wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. Business services include company formation, contract revisions, and succession planning. The real estate practice covers purchases, sales, leases, contracts, closings, and disputes.

The tax practice includes planning, audits, and disputes with the IRS. Probate and succession administration address the legal work that follows a death. Medicaid and nursing home planning add a care-related part to the firm's estate services.

How the services connect

Several of these fields can meet in the same matter. A business owner may need company succession terms coordinated with an estate plan. A real estate transaction may also raise contract, tax, ownership, and inheritance questions.

In my opinion, the task-level descriptions on the website make the firm's work easy to understand. The stated services cover planning documents, transactions, administrative proceedings, and disputes. Each item identifies a recognizable type of legal work.

Business formation and contract work

The firm's business work includes company formation, contract revisions, and succession planning. These services address different stages in the life of a company. Formation concerns the legal structure at the start, while contract and succession work concerns ongoing operations and future ownership.

Company setup and internal decisions

Business formation generally requires decisions about entity type, ownership, management, and authority. Organizers also need governing documents and state filings that match those choices. Tax treatment and plans for adding or removing owners may affect the structure selected.

The firm's stated business work includes succession planning. In general, that process addresses who may own or control a company after retirement, death, disability, or a planned sale. Relevant documents may include ownership agreements, transfer terms, estate documents, and company records.

Reviewing contract terms

Theus Law Offices lists contract revisions among its business services. Contract revision requires close attention to duties, payment terms, deadlines, termination rights, and remedies. Definitions and notice clauses can also shape how an agreement works when a dispute arises.

A contract review usually begins with the proposed text and the business purpose behind it. The parties may exchange edits before signing a final version. Later disagreements often turn on the written terms, the parties' conduct, and records such as notices or invoices.

Estate planning, probate and care planning

The estate planning practice includes living wills, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and asset protection. These documents address property, health decisions, financial authority, and instructions after death. The right set of documents depends on family circumstances, ownership arrangements, and the client's stated goals.

Planning documents

A will states how a person wants covered property handled after death and can address other estate matters. A trust places property under written management terms. A power of attorney gives another person defined authority during the maker's lifetime.

A living will records choices about medical treatment in specified circumstances. It has a different role from a last will. Estate planning often calls for reviewing beneficiary designations, account ownership, real estate records, and existing legal documents as part of the same discussion.

Succession administration

The firm handles probate and succession administration. In Louisiana, succession proceedings address the transfer of a deceased person's estate under a will or applicable law. The process may require records about property, debts, heirs, legatees, and prior estate documents.

General succession work can include identifying estate assets, preparing an inventory, addressing creditor claims, and seeking court authority for distribution. The people involved may include family members, named representatives, creditors, and the court. The exact path depends on the estate and the governing documents.

Medicaid and nursing home matters

Theus Law Offices also lists Medicaid and nursing home planning. This work concerns the legal and financial questions that can arise when a person needs long-term care. It can intersect with estate plans, property ownership, family support, and benefit rules.

Medicaid planning generally begins with a review of income, resources, transfers, and care needs. Applications require financial records and other supporting material. Timing can affect how the applicable rules treat property transfers and eligibility.

Real estate and tax matters

The real estate practice covers purchases, sales, leases, contracts, closings, and disputes. That list includes transactional work and contested matters. It also shows that the firm's role may begin before documents are signed or after a disagreement develops.

Property transactions

A real estate purchase or sale commonly involves an agreement, title records, disclosures, financing papers, and closing documents. Each document has its own purpose. The contract sets the parties' duties and often controls deadlines, conditions, deposits, and closing requirements.

Lease work centers on possession, rent, maintenance duties, renewal terms, defaults, and remedies. Contract review can identify how these provisions apply to the planned use of the property. A closing then records the final transfer and related financial terms.

Disputes involving property

Real estate disputes may concern a contract, lease, ownership issue, closing term, or performance under an agreement. The legal process usually starts with the controlling documents and a timeline of events. Deeds, payment records, written notices, and communications may bear on the dispute.

Some matters move through direct negotiation or a formal demand. Others proceed in court when the parties seek an enforceable ruling. The facts, contract language, and requested remedy guide the available procedural path.

Tax planning, audits and IRS disputes

The firm's tax services include tax planning, audits, and IRS disputes. Tax planning looks ahead to the legal effect of proposed financial or property decisions. Audit and dispute work concerns an agency's review of filed information or a disagreement over a tax position.

An audit response generally requires organized returns, account records, transaction documents, and correspondence. IRS disputes may involve written explanations, agency review procedures, and deadlines for challenging a determination. The governing path depends on the tax issue and the stage of the matter.

Attorneys and office reach

The website names four attorneys. It identifies J. Graves Theus, Jr. as the founder. Amy E. Boudreaux, Clay Wirtz, and Patricia L. Barfield also appear on the attorney list.

Theus Law Offices states that it works with individuals, businesses, and public bodies. That client description matches the listed mix of personal planning, company matters, property transactions, and public-sector legal needs. The website associates these services with a team whose named founder and attorneys appear across its published pages.

Locations listed by the firm

The firm lists Louisiana offices in Alexandria, Lafayette, Shreveport, and Monroe. It also lists offices in Seattle, Washington, and Anchorage, Alaska. The website separately states that the firm serves Lake Charles, Houma, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans.