Attorney Kevin Fontenot

Hebert Holmes & Bertrand

Attorney Kevin Fontenot grew up in Basile, Louisiana. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in Political Science and History from Northwestern State University. He graduated from Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. During law school, he was awarded CALI awards for highest grade in Contracts as well as in Legal Research and Writing. Attorney Fontenot was admitted to the Louisiana Bar Association in 2006. He believes that his personal background, growing up in a farming family in rural Evangeline Parish, allows him to bring a common sense approach to the practice of law, providing his clients with friendly yet passionate representation in every case.

Attorney Fontenot's diversified practice has focused mainly on Commercial and Industrial litigation. He has experience representing individuals, small businesses, and large industrial and commercial clients in complex civil litigation. He has successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of cases, including Construction Litigation, Personal Injury Defense, Contractual Disputes, Product Liability Defense and Product Warranty and Redhibition matters. He has extensive experience in the area of Industrial Premise Liability Defense. He also represents financial institutions as well as commercial businesses in serious collection matters. Upon joining our firm, Attorney Fontenot began handling probate, estate planning and real estate matters.

In addition to the Louisiana state courts, he is also admitted to practice in the United States District Courts in Louisiana. He is a former President of the Young Lawyers Section of the SWLA Bar Association and a former member of the Lake Charles Kiwanis Club. He was also a former Adjunct Professor in Business Law at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

He is married to Lynsay Fontenot and they have three children. He enjoys spending time with his family, including his closely knit extended family, and cooking traditional Cajun food. He is an avid supporter of his Alumni, the LSU Tigers, as well as the New Orleans Saints. Attorney Fontenot is a Parishioner at St. Theodore Catholic Church.

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