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David F.
Edwards

Position
Partner
Office
New Orleans

An attorney with Jones Walker for more than 40 years, David Edwards is a partner in the Tax Practice Group who focuses on estate planning and administration.


David advises individual clients on wealth transfer at minimum tax cost, in addition to providing traditional estate planning counsel in areas of wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. He also advises clients on marriage contracts and other aspects of property obligations stemming from marriage.

David’s practice includes the administration of decedents' estates and settlement of trusts, as well as charitable planning. He is a board-certified estate planning and administration specialist as certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization.

David has been particularly active in charitable, educational, and civic institutions.

Noteworthy

  • The Legal 500 United States, Tax – US Taxes: Non-Contentious (2024)
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates (listed annually since 1991)
  • New Orleans Magazine, Top Lawyer (listed annually since 2018, also listed in 2013)
  • Chambers High Net Worth Guide, Private Wealth Law (listed annually since 2017)
  • Best Lawyers®, "Lawyer of the Year," Trusts & Estates Law, New Orleans (2013)
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers, Estate & Probate (listed annually since 2007)
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow, and Former Regent, Executive Committee Member and State Chair
  • AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell

Memberships

Bar-Related Activities

  • American Bar Association, Sections of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, and Taxation
  • Louisiana State Bar Association, Sections of Trust, Estate, Probate, and Immovable Law
  • Louisiana State Law Institute, Member, Successions and Donations Committee
  • Tulane Tax Institute, Member, Planning Committee
  • Tulane Law Review, Board of Advisory Editors, Former Member and Articles Editor
  • US District Judge Herbert W. Christenberry, Eastern District of Louisiana, Former Law Clerk

Charitable Activities

  • Tulane University, Board of Administrators, Trustee
  • Tulane University, President's Council, Former Member and Chair
  • Tulane University, Health Sciences Center, Board of Governors, Former Member and Chair
  • Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Advisory Board Member
  • Collins C. Diboll Foundation, Trustee and Chair
  • Albert S. Weatherhead Foundation, Trustee
  • Greater New Orleans Foundation, Trustee
  • New Orleans Museum of Art, Trustee and Former President
  • A Studio in the Woods, Former Director
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Graduate Education Advancement Board, Former Member
New Orleans
201 St. Charles Ave
New Orleans, LA 70170-5100
D: 504.582.8184
F: 504.589.8184
Emaildedwards@joneswalker.com

Education

  • Tulane University Law School
    JD, 1972
    Order of the Coif; Tulane Law Review
  • Tulane University
    BA, 1971

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana

Related Practices

  • Estate Planning & Administration
  • Tax
  • Tax & Fiduciary Litigation
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