Lawyers and Law Firms in Baton Rouge

116 attorneys and law firms in Baton Rouge are listed here. Business law leads the practice mix, followed by personal injury and — unusually for a city this size — environmental law, which follows directly from the industrial corridor along the Mississippi and the presence of state government here.

Cases are heard in the 19th Judicial District Court for East Baton Rouge Parish, with federal matters going to the Middle District of Louisiana.

Louisiana is the one state whose private law derives from the civil law rather than the common law. Its Civil Code governs contracts, property and succession in terms that differ from the rest of the country, several deadlines are shorter than in neighbouring states, and out-of-state form agreements frequently do not work as intended. It is also a community property state and applies pure comparative fault.