Boyer, Hebert, & Angelle, LLC

Focus and practice areas

The firm names a broad set of practice areas on its website, and the mix points toward the legal needs that come up most often for individuals and local businesses. Boyer, Hebert, & Angelle handles personal injury and workers' compensation claims, together with real estate, insurance defense, estate planning, family law, and business and commercial matters. The practice-area page adds wills, criminal defense, divorce, child support, and custody. It also lists abstract and title work, along with oil and gas.

That range covers both personal and commercial questions at one firm. A client with a car accident claim and a client drafting a will can each find a matching service in the same place. In my opinion, a list this wide earns its value through the detail behind each heading, and the firm gives the fullest detail for its real estate work.

Inside the real estate work

The real estate side covers residential and commercial matters. The firm handles contract issues, landlord disputes, and land sale contracts within that area. Louisiana property deals often turn on clear title, which is where the firm's abstract and title service connects to the rest of the real estate work.

Abstract and title work traces the ownership history of a property through public records to confirm that a seller can pass clean title. In Louisiana, that search runs through parish clerk of court records and can reach back many decades. A firm that offers both the purchase contract and the title search keeps those steps with one team, which can shorten the path to a closing.

Business and commercial matters

The firm lists business and commercial work alongside its services for individuals. That side of a general practice usually covers the formation of a company, the contracts it signs, and the disputes that arise from those contracts. For a small business, having the same firm that handles a lease dispute also handle a partnership agreement keeps the legal history in one place.

Commercial real estate ties back into this work, since a business often needs property to operate. The firm's mix of business, real estate, and abstract and title services can cover a purchase, the entity that buys it, and the paperwork that records the sale. Each of these appears among the areas the site names.

Oil and gas work

Louisiana treats mineral rights as their own kind of property, and the firm lists oil and gas among its areas. This work draws on a distinct body of mineral law that governs leases, royalties, and the rights that sit beneath a piece of land. A landowner who signs a mineral lease, and a company that holds one, each face terms that differ from an ordinary real estate contract. A firm working in this part of Louisiana sees this kind of matter regularly.

Injury claims and the work around them

Personal injury and workers' compensation appear near the top of the firm's list, and the site pairs them with insurance defense. A personal injury matter involves someone hurt by another party's conduct who seeks payment for medical bills, lost wages, and other losses. Workers' compensation covers on-the-job injuries through a state system with fixed benefits and set procedures.

The presence of insurance defense on the same page means the firm names work for parties responding to claims as well as work for people bringing them. Insurance defense lawyers represent an insurer or its policyholder when a claim goes to suit. Practicing on both sides can give a firm a close read of how the other side weighs a file.

How an injury claim moves

A typical injury claim opens with treatment and the gathering of medical records and bills. The lawyer then sends a demand to the at-fault party's insurer, setting out the injuries and the amount sought. If the two sides agree on a number, the claim settles. If they do not reach a figure, the matter can move to a lawsuit filed in the parish district court.

Workers' compensation follows a separate route through Louisiana's workers' compensation system rather than the regular civil courts. It runs on its own forms, benefit schedules, and deadlines. A lawyer who handles both can steer a client toward the track that fits the injury.

How the team is built

The site's team page identifies eight lawyers. Four hold the title of partner: Randy Angelle, Mark Boyer, Bart Hebert, and Dominic Amato. J. Brent Barry carries the title of special counsel. Christi R. Hemphill, Allison B. Costanza, and Lucas A. Schenk practice as associates.

The three names on the firm's title, Boyer, Hebert, and Angelle, each appear among the partners. That ties the firm's name to lawyers who currently practice there. As a reviewer, the split of four partners and three associates reads as a structure where senior lawyers stay close to the daily work.

What the titles indicate

The special counsel title is separate from the usual partner and associate track. In many firms, it marks an experienced lawyer who works closely with the partners while holding a role apart from ownership. The firm gives J. Brent Barry that title, though the site does not spell out the arrangement.

Estate, family, and criminal matters

Beyond property and injury work, the firm names several areas that touch family and personal life. Estate planning and wills appear together, and Louisiana handles the transfer of an estate through a court process called succession. A will drafted with succession in mind can smooth the later steps for the people left to carry them out.

Family law on the site covers divorce, child support, and custody. These matters run through the same parish district courts and often move together, since a divorce can raise support and custody questions at the same time. Criminal defense joins this group, starting at arrest or charge and moving through the court that holds the case.

Succession and later steps

Succession is the Louisiana process for passing a person's property to heirs after death. It can run with court supervision or, in simpler cases, with a lighter path when the heirs agree. A will written under Louisiana law sets out who receives what and can name the person who will manage the estate. Estate planning done in advance gives the family a clearer map when that time comes.

Criminal matters in parish court

Criminal defense in Louisiana runs through the district court for the parish where the charge is filed, and the district attorney brings the state's case. A defense lawyer reviews the charge and the evidence, files pretrial motions where they apply, and prepares the case for trial or a negotiated plea. Having this service in the same firm gives an existing client one place to turn if a charge arises.

What the experience note tells us

Two numbers describe how the firm frames its background. The home page reports more than 150 years of combined attorney experience across the team. The practice-area page states that the firm's experience dates to 1977. The site does not give an express founding year, so those two figures are what the record offers on longevity.

Combined experience adds up the years each lawyer has practiced, so a group of eight can reach a high total without any one career running that long. The 1977 date points to roots that go back several decades in the region. Read together, they describe a firm with a long presence in Louisiana legal work and a bench of lawyers at different stages of their careers.

Where the firm serves clients

The firm runs offices in two Louisiana towns, Breaux Bridge and Denham Springs. Its site says it serves the Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Breaux Bridge, and Denham Springs communities, and it names other nearby service areas. The two locations put the firm within reach of both the Lafayette area and the Baton Rouge area.

Geography matters for the kinds of work the firm handles. Personal injury claims, family cases, and real estate closings usually depend on courts and records tied to a specific parish. Breaux Bridge is in St. Martin Parish and Denham Springs is in Livingston Parish, which places the firm in two of the parishes where its clients file and record their matters.