Gary E. Theall, Attorney

Education:

• First place at state rallies:  Plane Geometry (1956), Physics (1957), Chemistry (1958), Solid Geometry (1958)

• Valedictorian, Abbeville High School, 1958

• Freshman Chemistry Award, U.S.L., 1958

• Freshman Mathematics Award, U.S.L., 1958

• B.S. in Mathematics and Physics, U.S.L., 1961

• Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1961-1962

National Science Foundation Fellowships, 1962-1966

• Master's Degree in Mathematics, Stanford University, 1963

• Taught calculus at Tulane University, 1964-1970

• Completed all course work and passed qualifying examination for Ph.D. in Mathematics, Tulane University, 1966

• Tulane Law School, 1967-70

• Tulane Law Review, 1968-70

• Gertler Award for best casenote submitted to the Tulane Law Review, 1969

• Assistant editor, Tulane Law Review, 1969-70

• Rittenberg Award for most high quality writing submitted to the Tulane Law Review, 1970

• Juris Doctor degree, Tulane Law School, 1970

• Order of the Coif legal honorary society, 1970

Experience:

• Louisiana law license 1970 (LSBA Bar Roll No. 12715)

• Law clerk for Hon. Richard J. Putnam, Federal District Court, W. Dist. La., 1970-71

• Associate, Cooper & Sonnier, Abbeville, La., 1971-74

• Associate, J. E. Kibbe, Abbeville, La., 1974-76

• Solo Practitioner, 1976-77

• Partner, Theall & Fontana, Abbeville, La., 1977-1996

• Solo Practitioner for preferred clients only, 1997-Present

• Admitted to practice in all Louisiana courts

• Admitted to practice in all levels of federal courts having jurisdiction in Vermilion Parish

Practice primarily limited to the following areas:*

• Successions, contested and uncontested, and related matters

• Real property transactions (sales, donations, exchanges, partitions, etc.)

• Real property litigation (boundary, possession, petitory (title) actions, prescription, adverse possession, partitions, etc.)

• Mineral law for landowners (mineral leases, transfer of royalties, etc.)

• Estate planning (wills, gifts, trusts, family LLC's, investment and tax strategies)

• Business organizations (corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, etc.)

• Business litigation

• Contract negotiation and drafting

• Contract litigation

• Complex litigation

• Representation of other attorneys

• Bankruptcy law (for creditors only)

• Other selected areas of Louisiana law and federal law

Personal

• Born in Abbeville, Louisiana, on January 21, 1940

• Married Sandra Kathryn Lehman June 4, 1966, no children, still happily married

• Actively involved in the Vermilion Historical Society since 1977

• Past president, Abbeville Rotary Club

• Past president, Vermilion Historical Society

• Past president, Abbeville Cultural and Historical Alliance

• Owner and manager of over 700 acres of real estate and numerous other investments

• Mineral owner

• Software developer, primarily of programs for lawyers

• Hobbies:  mathematics, computer programming, photography, history, music, investing

*Mr. Theall is engaged in the general practice of law.  LSBA certification has been neither sought nor conferred in the listed areas of practice.