Wesley M. Plaisance Associate—New Orleans Phone: 504.584.5471 Fax: 504.584.5452 wesley.plaisance@bswllp.com

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Wesley M. Plaisance is an associate in the New Orleans office and practices in the commercial litigation section. Mr. Plaisance has represented clients in a wide variety of business related disputes including contract litigation, unfair competition and trade practices, tax sale litigation and bankruptcy. Mr. Plaisance also has extensive experience in gaming law representing clients in regulatory, permitting, and licensing matters before local and state governments including before and in consultation with the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, the Attorney General’s Office, and the State Police.

Additionally, Mr. Plaisance practices in the areas of commercial lending and real estate law, business entities and bankruptcy and loan restructuring.

Mr. Plaisance graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2007 where he was a member of the Loyola Law Review from 2004-07. In addition, Mr. Plaisance served as an extern in the summer of 2005 for the Honorable Kurt D. Engelhardt in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Prior to law school, Mr. Plaisance earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Engineering from Louisiana State University, cum laude, in 2004.

Admissions

Louisiana, 2007

United States District Court - Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, 2007

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2007

Education

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, J.D., 2007, magna cum laude

Louisiana State University, B.S. in Biological Engineering, 2004, cum laude

Professional & Civic Associations

International House of Blues Foundation, Member

Ducks Unlimited – New Orleans Chapter, Sponsor and Member

Lake View Civic Association, Member

Presentations

Guest Lecturer, "Contract Law" at Tulane University, Spring of 2008 for Adjunct Professor David Waguespack

Publications

"Finally—Judicial Relief for Tax Sale Purchasers!", BSW Tax Sale Litigation Industry Alert, April 2012.

Honors

Loyola Law Review, Member (2004-07)

William L. Crowe, Sr. Scholar, Loyola University of New Orleans College of Law