G. Wogan Bernard

G. Wogan Bernard is a New Orleans real estate attorney, partner, and coordinator of the Business and Real Estate section. He advises commercial lenders, developers, tenants, and local businesses on acquisitions, divestitures, development, leasing, financing, loan workouts, and distressed commercial properties. His work includes office buildings, apartments, condominiums, restaurants, affordable housing, and hotel developments. He also assists clients with land use, zoning, subdivision, permitting, trusts, estate planning, and probate matters.

Bernard earned his J.D. and B.C.L. from Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2006. He received his B.A. in Economics from Washington and Lee University in 2003. His legal and economic education supports careful analysis of commercial transactions, financing structures, development plans, estate concerns, and regulatory requirements. He is admitted in Louisiana and before the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana.

Bernard has extensive experience guiding lenders and developers through commercial real estate transactions and financing arrangements. He advises on property acquisition and disposition, leasing, loan documentation, amendments, workouts, and distressed assets. His work also helps start-up businesses navigate planning and permitting requirements. Through writing and professional education, he has addressed commercial guaranties, loan amendments, lender insurance concerns, financing negotiations, and accounting issues involving financial asset transfers.

G. Wogan Bernard is a Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys and the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. He serves on the American Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Council and chairs its continuing legal education committee. Best Lawyers named him its 2026 New Orleans Lawyer of the Year for Real Estate Law. His leadership, transaction experience, and practical judgment help clients manage complex property, finance, and planning matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Chaffe McCall, L.L.P.
• Member, American College of Mortgage Attorneys
• Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers
• Member, American Bar Association, Real Property Trust & Estate Law Section

Licensed State

• Louisiana

Education

• Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Washington & Lee University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)