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| Louisiana is the only civil-law
state in the United States and Attorney George Jacques Forest is
Louisiana.
Born in Lafayette, the
traditional heart of Acadiana, George has left Lafayette solely to
pursue his Juris Doctorate from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at
Louisiana State University, just fifty miles across the
Atchafalaya Basin from Lafayette. George graduated from the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1978 with a Bachelor of
Arts degree and from the Hebert Law Center at LSU in 1981. |
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Priscilla Rickey, George's wife to be, also graduated the Hebert Law
Center in 1981. Priscilla and George were married in 1982 and are the
proud parents of three children. Priscilla retired from the active
practice of law in 2001 now operates a property management company and a
mobile dry-cleaning service, Pressed 4 Time.
Recently sworn as a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar by
Chief Justice Renquist, George is admitted before the Eastern, Middle
and Western District Federal Courts of Louisiana and the Fifth Circuit
Federal Court of Appeals located in New Orleans.
Mr. Forest is also licensed and admitted to practice in the forty
judicial districts of Louisiana as well as in the (New) Orleans District
Courts. George maintains active memberships in the Lafayette Parish Bar
Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association, the American Bar
Association and the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. George
continues to serve "Of Counsel" to the firm of Hoyt, Hodge and
Stanford.
Prior Associations and Partnerships -
- Hughes, Durio and Grant
Lafayette, LA 1981-1982
Associate Attorney practicing primarily in oil and gas.
- Sole Practioner
Lafayette, LA 1982-1983
Private practice dealing with general civil and criminal
matters; served as Public Defender for both adults and
juveniles charged as delinquents or children in need care
and supervision.
- Cole, Guidry, Prather and
Forest
Lafayette, LA 1983-1988
Public Defender representing juveniles in both Lafayette
City and District Court. Represented major bank with
commercial litigation including foreclosures, collections,
lender liability, real estate closings and bankruptcy.
- Forest and Forest
Lafayette, LA 1988-1999
Continued representation of individuals and small business
commercial matters including collections, personal injury,
real estate transactions, successions and the formation of
corporations and other business entities.
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- Hoyt, Forest and
Associates
(now Hoyt, Hodge
and Stanford)
Lafayette, LA 1999-2001
Ted Hoyt and I merged our practices in June of 1999.
Continued representation of individuals and small business
commercial transactions and litigation including
collections, personal injury, real estate transactions,
wills and successions and the formation of corporations and
other business entities.
- Forest Law Corporation
Lafayette, LA June 2001
Practice now consists of distinguished area of stockbroker
fraud and abuse cases, wills and estate planning, class
actions, corporate formations and general personal injury
cases.
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