Jeannette M. Delise

Jeannette M. Delise is an attorney with Delise & Hall in New Orleans whose concentration includes federal litigation, criminal law, successions, and general litigation. Delise joined the firm in 2019 after completing a federal judicial clerkship. Her practice draws on experience in federal and state courts and on legal training gained through several judicial and government externships during law school.

Delise earned her Juris Doctor and Graduate Diploma in Comparative Law from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. She also received a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Louisiana State University. Her academic background, together with comparative-law training, provides a foundation for research, briefing, statutory interpretation, and analysis across different types of litigation and succession matters.

From August 2018 through September 2019, Delise served as judicial law clerk to Judge Jay Zainey of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. During law school, she completed externships with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of Louisiana, the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal, Orleans Parish Civil District Court, and a U.S. magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Jeannette M. Delise is admitted in Louisiana and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She also belongs to several trial, bar, and professional organizations, including the Federal Bar Association and New Orleans Bar Association. Delise’s clerkship and externship background supports a litigation practice focused on careful legal research, procedural preparation, and practical advocacy in federal, criminal, succession, and general civil matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Delise & Hall
• Member, Louisiana State Bar Association
• Member, American Association of Justice
• Member, Louisiana Association for Justice
• Member, A.P. Tureaud Inn of Court
• Member, St. Thomas Inn of Court
• Member, Federal Bar Association
• Member, New Orleans Bar Association
• Member, St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association
• Member, Academy of New Orleans Trial Attorneys

Licensed State

• Louisiana

Education

• Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University
  Graduate Diploma in Comparative Law
• Louisiana State University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in International Studies and History

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