Background
Abbott, Junior, Hirschel T. was born on January 11, 1942 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States.
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Hirschel T. Abbott Jr.
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University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Business Administration, in Accountancy, 1964). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1971).
Career
Worked at Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, L.L.P. (New Orleans, LA) specializing in Administrative Proceedings, Admiralty, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Constitutional, Corporate and Securities, Domestic Relations, Environmental, Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits, and Employment, Finance, General Civil Practice, Health Care, Insurance Defense, Insurance Regulation, Intellectual Property, International, Media, Mergers and Acquisitions, Non-Profit Organizations, Oil and Gas, Probate, Estate Planning and Trusts, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Public and Private Corporate Financing, Public Utilities, Real Estate, Securities Litigation and Arbitration, Taxation (Federal and State), Toxic Tort Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Louisiana and Mississippi. Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif.
Member, Virginia Law Review, 1969-1971. Certified Public Accountant, Mississippi, 1967. Assistant Professor, Corporate Tax, Income Tax and Corporation Law, Louisiana State University, 1976-1977.
Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Tax Law Advisory Commission, 1995. Chair, 1997-1998) and American Bar Associations. Mississippi State Bar.
New Orleans Estate Planning Council. Association of Employee Benefit Planners of New Orleans. Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Member, Charitable Planning and Exempt Organizations Committee).
Military: First Lieutenant, USA, 1965-1967 (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Stone, Pigman is a firm of 70 attorneys. Founded in New Orleans in 1929 by Judge John Minor Wisdom and Saul Stone, the firm has maintained a commitment to excellence.
Singled out by The American Lawyer "one of the best law firms in the country," Stone, Pigman has "quietly built a practice that's as good.. as of many 200-lawyer firms in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.".
Membership
Member, Virginia Law Review, 1969-1971. Certified Public Accountant, Mississippi, 1967. Assistant Professor, Corporate Tax, Income Tax and Corporation Law, Louisiana State University, 1976-1977.
Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Tax Law Advisory Commission, 1995. Chair, 1997-1998) and American Bar Associations. Mississippi State Bar.
New Orleans Estate Planning Council. Association of Employee Benefit Planners of New Orleans. Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Member, Charitable Planning and Exempt Organizations Committee).
Military: First Lieutenant, USA, 1965-1967 (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Member, Charitable Planning and Exempt Organizations Committee). Military: First Lieutenant, USA, 1965-1967 (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization).
