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August 2025 | Four Attorneys Selected as 2026 Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year

Kristin  Oglesby
Danielle L. Borel

Kristin Oglesby

Partner - Baton Rouge

Kristin Oglesby is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Breazeale Sachse. Ms. Oglesby began her career at an international law firm, where she advised both public and private U.S. and foreign clients in a wide range of industries on mergers and acquisitions, governance policies, tax matters, and cross-border transactions. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Oglesby served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable S. Kyle Duncan in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Ms. Oglesby received her Juris Doctor and Diploma of Comparative Law from Louisiana State University's Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2018, summa cum laude, where she graduated first in her class and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Ms. Oglesby also served as the Executive Senior Editor of the Louisiana Law Review. She received her undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 2015.

Education

Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, J.D., summa cum laude, 2018

Louisiana State University, B.S Accounting, 2015

Admissions

Louisiana, 2019

Texas, 2018

Experience

Law Clerk, Hon. S. Kyle Duncan, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2019-20)

Research Assistant to Associate Dean Andrea B. Carroll, and an Academic Tutor for Dean Thomas Galligan (Torts), Associate Dean Andrea B. Carroll (Civil Law Property), and Professor Lee Ann Lockridge (Contracts)

Executive Senior Editor for the Louisiana Law Review

Professional Associations

Louisiana State Bar Association, Member

Order of the Coif, Member

Baton Rouge Bar Association

Honors and Awards

Named "Ones to Watch" by Best Lawyers (Since 2022)

Publications

  • Main Street Lending Program” November 2020
  • Granting ChevronDeference to IRS Revenue Rulings: The “Charitable” Thing to Do, Volume 78 of the Louisiana Law Review
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