Career
Payne Breazeale works as a partner of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P., a firm located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His documented practice focuses on trademark and unfair competition litigation and securities litigation.
The firm was established in Baton Rouge in 1928 and is counted among the oldest law firms in Louisiana. It has grown to more than 70 attorneys with offices in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Monroe, and its clients range from individuals and start-up companies to Fortune 500 corporations, governmental entities, and nonprofit institutions. The firm's name derives from its founding partners, including H. Payne Breazeale Sr. and Victor A. Sachse Jr. In 1951, former LSU Law dean Paul M. Hebert joined the firm, which was then briefly known as Brezeale, Sachse, Wilson & Hebert.
The firm's intellectual property practice covers trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, false advertising, anti-counterfeiting, and unfair competition, with proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as well as state and federal litigation. Securities litigation is among the firm's listed litigation practices, which also include commercial litigation and appellate work.
