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Jill A. Gautreaux

Partner

Jill Gautreaux is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 2015 and practices in the real estate and business practice groups. Jill regularly assists clients in the hospitality, retail, and professional services sectors with corporate matters, real estate transactions including acquisition, borrowing, and leasing of commercial property and land use matters, liquor licensing, and condominium regimes. Jill’s ability to resolve complex and difficult circumstances with legal acuteness and decorum have made her a trusted business associate for many local, regional, and national members of the hospitality, retail, and technology industries. Jill regularly appears on behalf of her clients in administrative proceedings involving boards and commissions in Louisiana and litigation involving administrative agency appeals.

Jill is at the forefront of CBD, hemp, and alcohol licensing and compliance in Louisiana. She assists local and out-of-state enterprises in all three tiers of the hemp and alcoholic beverage industries in applying for licenses to produce and sell goods in the state, providing advice regarding compliance with state and local laws, and defending enforcement actions by administrative agencies.

Jill is a licensed title insurance agent for Fidelity National Title Insurance Company & First American Title Insurance Company and is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. She has been recognized by New Orleans CityBusiness as a 2023 Leadership in Law Honoree. Jill is serving a one-year term as a member of the Louisiana Bar Foundation Greater Orleans Community Partnership Panel.

Representative Experience
  • Representation of clients in the hospitality industry before alcoholic beverage control boards and appellate proceedings.
  • Representation of hospitality industry and general business clients in the formation of legal entities and organizational documents and governance matters.
  • Representation of clients in landlord and tenant lease negotiations.
  • Representation of clients in zoning and land use matters.
  • Representation of clients in new business licensing and compliance issues.
  • Representation of clients in contractual disputes.
  • Representation of clients concerning the negotiation of contracts.
  • Representation of clients concerning creditor’s rights.
Education

Jill earned her J.D. with a focus on Civil and Common Law from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1995. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Tulane University in 1992.

Admissions
  • Admitted, Louisiana
  • United States District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana
  • Licensed Title Insurance Agent, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company & First American Title Insurance Company
Memberships
  • Commercial Real Estate Women (“CREW”) New Orleans
  • Greater New Orleans Hotel and Lodging Association
  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • National Association of License Compliance Professionals
  • National Conference of State Liquor Administrators
  • New Orleans Bar Association
Community Service
  • Louisiana Bar Foundation, Greater Orleans Community Partnership Panel, July 2024-June 2025
  • NOLA Tree Project, Secretary and Board Member
  • TrainingGrounds, Inc., Secretary and Board Member
Articles, Publications and Presentations
Reported Cases
  • Lake Vista Property Owners Assn v. Schroeder, 2000-CA-1925 (La. App. 4 Cir. 9/12/01), 799 So.2d 528
  • Wolfman, Inc. v. City of New Orleans, 2003-CA-0120 (La. App. 4 Cir. 4/21/04), 874 So.2d 261
  • TTC Properties, Inc. v. Parish of Jefferson, 2014-CA-2 (La. App. 5 Cir. 5/21/14), 142 So.3d 176
  • 5216 Operations, LLC d/b/a 5216 Table and Taps v. State of Louisiana, Department of Revenue, Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, 21-CA-520, 2022 WL 1025881