Hirschel T Abbott

Practice Areas

Estate Planning, Administration of Trusts and Estates

Tax Exempt Organizations and Charitable Planning

Fiduciary Litigation

Career

Hirschel Abbott concentrates his practice in estate planning, closely held businesses and entity selection, fiduciary litigation, charitable planning, and tax-exempt organizations. He currently serves as a co-chair of the firm’s Tax, Trusts and Estates Practice Group.

As a Board-Certified Tax Law Specialist and a Certified Public Accountant, Hirschel counsels businesses and other high net worth individuals and families on matters related to property, tax, and estate planning. He also advises clients on the structure, funding, and operational aspects of public and private non-profit corporations and charitable foundations, including organization, qualification with the Internal Revenue Service, and related tax-exempt organization compliance.

Professional Memberships

New Orleans Estate Planning Council member.

Association of Employee Benefit Planners of New Orleans member.

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Fellow, former State Chair of Louisiana, and former member of the Charitable Planning and Exempt Organizations Committee.

Louisiana Law Institute Trust Code Committee member.

Tulane Estate Planning Institute Board Member.

Louisiana State Bar Association member and former Chair of the Tax Specialization Commission.

Mississippi Bar Association member.

Trinity Episcopal School New Orleans former Chair of the Board of Directors and former Chancellor (Attorney).

Vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church.

Louisiana Civil Service League Board of Directors former member and recipient of the Monte M. Lemann Award.

Hirschel has served on the Board of Directors of public non-profit corporations, including Lambeth House, Inc. (a Continuing Care Retirement Community), Episcopal Housing for Seniors, Inc., and several private non-profit foundations.

As an assistant professor at Louisiana State University, Hirschel taught Corporate Tax, Income Tax and Corporation Law.