S.W. Plauché
Samuel Wilmore Plauche was born in 1889 and became associated with Lake Charles, Louisiana, where he established his legal practice and spent his professional life. He was the father of attorney A. Lane Plauché and of Samuel Wilmore Plauché Jr., continuing a family connection with the law and with the Lake Charles legal community.
Plauché founded a Lake Charles law practice in 1921 that developed into Plauché, Smith & Nieset, a professional law corporation. He worked as a partner of the firm and practiced law from its office at 1123 Pithon Street, with correspondence handled through Post Office Drawer 1705, Lake Charles, Louisiana. The firm became associated with insurance defense and civil litigation in southwest Louisiana and continued operating under the Plauché name after his death in 1952.
Plauché was the father of attorneys A. Lane Plauché and Samuel Wilmore Plauché Jr. His name remained associated with the Lake Charles law firm he founded, which later operated as Plauché, Smith & Nieset.
