Michael G. Calogero has spent more than thirty years helping New Orleans area families protect what they have built. The recognition on this page comes from three places that matter: his clients, his neighbors and his peers.
In 2026 the Law Office of Michael G. Calogero took Silver in Estate Law in the Best of Jefferson Parish awards, voted on by readers across the parish. No panel, no submission fee, no application. Just the people who live here naming the attorney they would send a friend to.
That distinction sits alongside two national ratings earned the harder way, through peer review and through the records of the courts. Taken together they answer the question most people are really asking when they search for an estate planning attorney: can I trust this person with my family.
Estate Law category. Reader voted, Times-Picayune.
Highest possible rating in both Legal Ability and Ethical Standards, awarded on confidential peer review.
Top 1 percent, The American Registry.
An award is not a legal strategy. What it tells you is how an attorney works when nobody is keeping score. Michael explains a succession in plain English before he explains it in legal terms, and he represents every client passionately and empathetically to reach that family’s goals. His own words for it: a problem solver, plain and simple.
Michael grew up around the law. His father, Pascal F. Calogero Jr., served more than thirty six years on the Louisiana Supreme Court, including as Chief Justice, and the Louisiana Supreme Court building now carries his name.
Estate planning, last wills and testaments, trusts, successions, powers of attorney, small business law, business interruption claims, intra family adoptions, recognition of foreign adoptions, personal injury claims and litigation.
Bring your questions, however simple they feel. Sessions are confidential and carry no obligation, and clear, transparent pricing is discussed before any work begins.
