Areas of Practice
- Corporate & Securities
- Investment Management Legal Services
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Venture Capital & Emerging Companies
Education
- Tulane University Law School, M.C.L., 1965; Master's thesis published at 40 Tulane Law Review 233 (1966)
- Harvard Law School, J.D., 1962
- Princeton University, A.B., 1959, magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1963
Court Admissions
- 5th Cir., 1963
- E.D. La., 1963
Richard Wolfe is a member of the firm's Corporate & Securities Practice Group. He joined the firm in January 1997 as a partner and became a special counsel in 2006. Mr. Wolfe has more than 40 years of experience in corporate, securities, and merger and acquisition transactions, and has represented a number of public companies as lead counsel in such transactions.
Mr. Wolfe's practice has involved counseling public and private companies on a wide variety of corporate matters, including initial and subsequent public equity offerings, tender offers, proxy contests, venture capital transactions, domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private offerings of securities, director indemnification and D&O insurance, spin-offs, and special litigation committees in derivative shareholder suits. He has broad experience in negotiating and drafting a range of corporate and securities documents. Mr. Wolfe was certified as a Tax Specialist by the Specialization Board (Taxation) of the Louisiana State Bar Association (1986–1996).
Prior to joining the firm he headed the corporate department at the New Orleans law firm of Monroe & Lemann, where he practiced for 33 years. He is a native of Mississippi.
Noteworthy
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the areas of Corporate Law, International Trade and Finance Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, and Securities Regulation (listed annually since 1993)
- Named "New Orleans Best Lawyers International Trade and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year" 2012
- Recognized in "Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business" in the area of Corporate/M&A (also listed in 2010, 2003–2006)
- Listed in the 2008 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Securities & Corporate Finance (also listed in 2007)
- AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
News
- Investment Management Legal Services Team to Host Quarterly Roundtable Luncheon Series
- Thirteen Jones Walker Attorneys Receive “Lawyer of the Year” Honors from The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
- Eighty-Two Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
- Jones Walker Receives Unmatched Rankings in Chambers USA
- Seventy-Three Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011
- Jones Walker Receives Unparalleled Rankings in Chambers USA
Memberships
- American Bar Association (Member, Section of Taxation, 1965–1997; Member, Section of Business Law, 1997 to date; Corporate Stockholder Relationships Committee of Section of Taxation, 1967–1977)
- Board of Liquidation, City Debt, City of New Orleans (2004 to date)
- IRS-Tax Lawyers Southwest Regional Liaison Committee (Member, 1976–1977)
- Louisiana Museum Foundation (Board of Directors, 2006–2010)
- Louisiana State Bar Association (Member, 1965 to date and Chairman, 1975–1976, Section of Taxation; Member, Council of Section of Corporate and Business Law, 1971–1972 and 1995–1996; Member, Liaison Committee with IRS, 1974–1980)
- Louisiana State Law Institute (Member, Corporations Committee, 2008 to date, appointed to revise Louisiana Business Corporation Law)
- New Orleans Opera Association (Board of Directors, 2005–2009)
- Tulane Corporate Law Institute (Charter Member, Advisory Committee, 1988–2001)
