Allain C. Andry III is an American lawyer based in New Orleans, Louisiana, whose practice has centered on general civil practice, real estate, probate, and estate planning. A Tulane University graduate admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1958, he has been a partner in New Orleans law firms and is managing partner of Andry & Andry.
Background
Andry's documented professional life is centered on New Orleans, a Gulf Coast port city founded during the French colonial period and shaped by French and Spanish legal traditions. Louisiana's private law rests on civil law rather than the common law used in most other states, a distinction that shapes how lawyers practice in the state.
His university education, both undergraduate and legal, took place at Tulane University in New Orleans. This connected his formation as a lawyer to the city in which he later practiced.
Education
Andry received a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University of Louisiana in 1956 and a Bachelor of Laws from the same university in 1958. Tulane traces its origins to the Medical College of Louisiana, founded in 1834 as the second medical school in the South and the fifteenth in the United States.
In 1847 the state legislature established the institution as the University of Louisiana and added a law department. Tulane Law School, which traces its origins to that department, is considered the twelfth oldest law school in the United States. In 1884 the university was reorganized as a private, non-sectarian institution named for the philanthropist Paul Tulane.
Career
Andry was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1958 and later to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1978. That federal trial court, part of the Fifth Circuit, hears cases arising in the eastern part of Louisiana, including New Orleans.
He practiced as a partner with the firm ASDRY & WILLIAMSON, where his work was described as general civil practice with a focus on real estate, probate, and estate planning. His practice areas reflect the civil matters that make up much of a general practice in Louisiana.
Andry is managing partner of Andry & Andry, a New Orleans law firm established in 1934 that practices general civil practice, real estate, and banking law. Later professional records place him at the head of that firm, which has offices in the central business district of New Orleans.
Membership
The Louisiana State Bar Association is the mandatory, integrated bar for lawyers in Louisiana. It was established around 1940 to 1941, when the state Supreme Court created it to replace the earlier State Bar of Louisiana, and its mission includes assisting the Supreme Court in regulating the practice of law.
Andry's membership dates from his admission to the Louisiana bar in 1958 and continues today.
