Attorneys

Joseph E. Broussard, IV

Shareholder

Beaumont
t: 409.835.5011 ext. 481
f: 409.835.5177
JoeBroussard@mehaffyweber.com
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Joe Broussard, a member of one of the founding families of Jefferson County, joined MehaffyWeber in 1988 and became a shareholder in 1994. He began his practice under the tutelage of the renowned business attorney John L. Bell, Jr. Joe is board certified in Estate Planning and Probate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and works primarily in Estate Planning, Probate, Corporate, Real Estate, Tax, and Oil and Gas.

Areas of Concentration

Corporate, Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate, Tax, and Oil and Gas.

Licenses
State Bar of Texas
Board Certified - Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Certified Attorney Ad Litem by the State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program

Education
Joe received a B.B.A. degree in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana in 1984. He received his law degree from Baylor University School of Law in Waco, Texas in 1988. He is a certified court ad litem by the State Bar of Texas Professional Development Committee.

Activities
Joe's professional activities have included service on the Guardianship Advisory Board on appointment by the Statutory Probate Courts of Texas and as a director of the Southeast Texas Economic Development Foundation, Inc. He is active in the Beaumont community and recently served as the Chairman of the Diocese of Beaumont Retirement Committee. He is a frequent writer and speaker on various estate planning and tax topics. Joe is active in many community, and charitable organizations as well as local businesses, including his current position as President of the Neches River Festival, Inc., and as a board member for: Southeast Texas Emergency Relief Fund, Beaumont Rice Mills, and the Advisory Board of Directors for Capital One Bank.

Memberships and Honors
While at Baylor University School of Law, Joe was active in mock trial and the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity.

He is a member of the State Bar Foundation, Jefferson County and American Bar Associations, State Bar of Texas (Real Property Probate and Trust Law and Business Law Sections,) College of the State Bar, Southeast Texas Estate Planning Council, and the Rotary Club of Beaumont, Texas.

He has been recognized as a "Texas Super Lawyer®," by Law and Politics in Texas Monthly magazine since 2005. He has also been selected as a "Best Lawyers in America®" since 2009.

"AV" Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell

Representative Experience
Joe's experience includes work with numerous closely-held and family owned businesses, residential and commercial real estate developments, convenience stores, petroleum fuel jobbers, real estate transactions involving both surface and mineral interests, oil and gas transactions, wills, trusts, estate tax, gift tax and generation skipping tax planning.