About Kelly Hart & Pitre LLP

Kelly Hart & Pitre LLP has earned a strong reputation through more than four decades of service to businesses, individuals, and governmental entities. The firm is described as a leading business-to-business law firm with more than 160 attorneys and more than 20 substantive practice areas. Its work reflects legal excellence, ethical advocacy, and strategic representation for complex business and personal matters.

Kelly Hart & Pitre LLP provides comprehensive counsel in administrative law, appellate law, aviation, banking and finance, bankruptcy and business reorganization, corporate and securities, environmental law, estate planning, health care, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, liquor law, nonprofit organizations, public law, real estate, tax, transportation, water law, and oil and gas/energy. This broad platform helps the firm address intricate legal issues with informed judgment. Each service area benefits from careful research, practical insight, and a clear focus on sound legal planning.

Kelly Hart & Pitre LLP serves a respected client base that includes Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, foundations, investor groups, individuals, and governmental entities. The firm’s attorneys focus on practical legal solutions that match each matter’s goals, risks, and business setting. Careful planning, clear analysis, and thorough preparation support efficient decisions and strong outcomes in demanding legal matters. This client-centered method helps protect priorities while keeping representation organized and responsive.

Kelly Hart & Pitre LLP combines deep experience with a commitment to client priorities, confidentiality, and high-quality legal counsel. The firm’s approach centers on understanding each matter before building a strategy. This supports creative solutions, disciplined advocacy, and reliable guidance across transactions, disputes, investigations, regulatory issues, and other sophisticated legal needs. Ethical service remains central to the firm’s work, especially when sensitive information, major decisions, or business interests are involved.

Kelly Hart & Pitre LLP continues to build on a 45-year history and a legacy of success. The firm’s recognitions include 57 attorneys named to Best Lawyers in America© 2026. With offices in Austin, Baton Rouge, Fort Worth, Midland, and New Orleans, the firm remains positioned to serve clients with skill, discretion, and trusted representation across a wide range of industries, long-term legal needs, and nationwide matters.

Practice Areas

Business
  • Aviation Law
  • Acquisitions
  • Aircraft Financing
  • Aircraft Insurance & Claims
  • Aircraft Leasing & Purchasing
  • FAA & International Registry Matters
  • Fleet Transactions
  • Fractional Ownership
  • General Commercial Matters
  • Banking & Finance
  • Loan Portfolio Acquisitions & Dispositions
  • Aircraft Finance
  • Commercial Finance
  • Energy Finance
  • Public Finance
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Corporate & Securities
  • Corporate Finance/Securities Regulation
  • Hedge Funds
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Partnership & Joint Venture Transactions
  • Private Equity
  • Environmental Business & Real Estate Transactions
  • Healthcare Law
  • Corporate Healthcare Entities & Finance
  • Healthcare Employment Matters
  • Medical Litigation/Risk Management
  • Medicare Compliance & Regulatory Investigations
  • Oil & Gas/Energy
Government
  • Nonprofit & Public Law
  • Charitable Gifts & Planned Giving
  • Corporate Governance
  • Governmental Entities
  • Other 501(c) Entities
  • Private Foundations & Charitable Trusts
  • Public Charities
  • Tax Compliance & Controversies
  • Environmental Law
  • Administrative & Civil Proceedings
  • Environmental & Toxic Torts
  • Environmental Criminal Investigations
  • Environmental Enforcement Defense
  • Regulatory Assistance & Permitting
  • Representation of Utilities, Districts & Municipalities
  • Administrative Law
  • Liquor Law
Bankruptcy
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 11
  • Creditor Representation
  • Bankruptcy Appeals
  • Pre‑Bankruptcy Planning
  • Bankruptcy Litigation
Estate Planning
  • Asset Protection Planning
  • Marital Property Agreements
  • Probate & Estate Administration
  • Tax & Business Planning
  • Trusts & Trust Administration
Intellectual Property
  • Data Privacy & Security
  • IP & Technology Licensing
  • IP Litigation
  • IP Transactions
  • Media & Entertainment Law
  • Protection & Registration of IP
  • Sports Law
Employment
  • Employer Policies & Procedures
  • Employment Litigation
  • Executive Agreements
  • Preventative Labor Relations & Union Elections
  • Unfair Competition, Noncompete & Trade Secrets
  • Union/Management Negotiations
  • Wage & Hour Compliance & Class Action Defense
Lawsuits and Disputes
  • Administrative Litigation
  • Aircraft Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Antitrust
  • Banking & Financial Services Litigation
  • Business Fraud
  • Class Action Litigation
  • Complex Commercial Litigation
  • E‑Commerce
  • Environmental Litigation
  • FINRA Litigation
  • Government Investigations
  • Internal Investigations
  • Marital Litigation
  • Media & First Amendment Litigation
  • Probate & Trust Litigation
  • Products Liability Litigation
  • Professional Malpractice Litigation
  • Real Estate Construction Litigation
  • Securities & Corporate Litigation
  • Tax Litigation

Fees

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Office locations for Kelly Hart & Pitre LLP

Kelly Hart & Pitre LLP - Austin

Colorado Tower, 303 Colorado St, Austin, TX 78701

Kelly Hart & Pitre LLP - Baton Rouge

301 Main St Suite 1600, Baton Rouge, LA 70802

Kelly Hart & Pitre LLP - Fort Worth

5017 Floyd Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Kelly Hart & Pitre LLP - Midland

500 W Illinois Ave, Midland, TX 79701

Kelly Hart & Pitre LLP - New Orleans

400 Poydras St, New Orleans, LA 70130