PRACTICE AREAS
- Complex Civil and Commercial Litigation
- Appellate Practice and Legal Strategy
- Insurance Coverage and Defense
- Employment Law and Compliance
- Construction and Real Estate Law
- Corporate Governance and Risk Management
ADMISSIONS
- Louisiana State Bar
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana
EDUCATION
- Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU
- Juris Doctorate & Bachelor of Civil Law
- Executive Senior Editor, Louisiana Law Review
- Louisiana State University, Bachelor of Arts: French, Mass Communications, and Psychology
ASSOCIATIONS
- Professional & Civic Associations
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Baton Rouge Bar Association
- Congenital Heart Foundation of Louisiana, Board Member
- Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital, Community Volunteer
- Junior League of Baton Rouge, Sustaining Member
- Delta Zeta, Advisory Board
Rebecca Hall Klar is an experienced litigator and appellate advocate with nearly two decades of practice in complex civil litigation, regulatory matters, and business transactions. She represents clients in commercial, insurance, and employment disputes, and provides high-level legal analysis and strategic counsel in both trial and appellate settings.
Her practice includes advising businesses and governmental entities on compliance, policy development, and dispute resolution. She has extensive experience leading settlement negotiations and mediations, achieving favorable resolutions in high-stakes litigation and pre-litigation matters. Rebecca also provides transactional and corporate counsel on business formation, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate and development projects, offering clients practical, risk-conscious guidance that bridges legal and operational priorities.
Throughout her career, Rebecca has represented clients from discovery through trial and appeal, authoring dispositive motions, appellate briefs, and writ applications before state and federal courts of appeal, including the Louisiana Supreme Court.
She earned her Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Civil Law from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where she served as Executive Senior Editor of the *Louisiana Law Review.* Her article on retroactivity and constitutional interpretation was published in Volume 67 of the *Law Review.*
Rebecca enjoys being involved in her local community; she and her husband, Kristopher, have three children.
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Dressing-Up Substantive
Legislation to Trigger the Interpretative Exception to Retroactivity Violates
Constitutional Principles, 67 LA. L. REV. 599 (2007)