Wesley M. Plaisance

Wesley M. Plaisance

Partner at Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson LLP
  • Real Estate Law, Tax Law
  • Louisiana
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Biography

Wesley M. Plaisance is a Partner in the New Orleans office of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson LLP (www.bswllp.com) where he heads the Tax Sale and Quiet Title Litigation Group and practices other commercial litigation with a focus on real estate related litigation. Wesley M. Plaisance regularly handles tax sale litigation matters across Louisiana including without limitation in the following Parishes: Orleans, East Baton Rouge, St. Tammany, Jefferson, Lafayette, Livingston, Plaquemines and Lafourche. Mr. Plaisance represents tax sale purchasers in suits to confirm tax sale title(s) and ownership with and/or without cancellation of mortgages and other encumbrances, in settlement of tax sale litigation matters and in partition proceedings commenced after a tax sale purchaser confirms only a fractional ownership interest. Mr. Plaisance has extensive experience in representing tax debtors, landowners, mortgage holders including banks and other interested parties in actions to annul and/or nullify tax sales. Mr. Plaisance has successfully litigated complex commercial litigation matters arising out of large investment funds created to purchase tax sale certificates and/or tax sale deeds in Louisiana, Georgia, Indiana and Florida. Mr. Plaisance is a resource for tax sale purchasers to buy or sell interest under tax sale certificates/deeds to other investors and has assisted his clients in the acquisition and/or sale of numerous tax sale deeds/certificates in Louisiana. Mr. Plaisance assists his clients in navigating the sale of immovable property with title insurance after confirmation of the tax sale certificates/deeds. Mr. Plaisance graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law where he was a member of the Loyola Law Review. In addition, Mr. Plaisance served as an extern for the Honorable Kurt D. Engelhardt in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Practice Areas
    Real Estate Law
    Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
    Tax Law
    Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
Additional Practice Area
  • Tax Sale and Quiet Title Litigation
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Louisiana
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5th Circuit
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Awards
Rising Star, Gaming
Super Lawyers
Rising Star, Business Litigation
Super Lawyers
AV Rated
Martindale-Hubbell
Top Lawyers of New Orleans
New Orleans Magazine
Professional Associations
Louisiana State Bar Association  # 31289
Member
Current
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Contact & Map
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson LLP
909 Poydras Street, 15th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70112
Telephone: (504) 584-5471
Cell: (504) 920-5550
Fax: (504) 584-5452