MORE ABOUT CHRISTOPHER J. GUILLORY
Christopher J. Guillory has represented a wide variety of clients since 2004, from individual people to small businesses to large corporations as both Plaintiff and Defendant, involving an extensive and interesting range of legal issues. Christopher also is qualified as a mediator, having completed intensive and highly respected training through Pepperdine University's Caruso School of Law "Mediating the Litigated Case" program. Christopher's legal-versus-practical scaled approach toward creatively resolving disputes, his thorough research capabilities, his knack to explain complex information in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, and his ability to connect with people have served his clients well through numerous challenging litigation matters.
Christopher's practice has involved successfully representing Plaintiffs and Defendants in civil litigation involving contract and real estate disputes, successions/probate, Hurricane Rita/Laura/Delta litigation, personal injury, automobile accidents, business transactions and ownership, banking and mortgage law, construction litigation, lease issues, and many other matters. He also has represented clients through numerous successful appellate litigation. He also has practiced in successions/probate, estate planning, real estate transactions, business organizational transactions, contract preparation and review, and general legal consultation on various other issues.
After working for two Fortune 500 corporations in the New Orleans area (United Healthcare and Entergy) in corporate communications involving various sensitive issues, Christopher attended law school at LSU's Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he received a Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Civil Law in 2004.
While many other law students elected not to work during law school, Christopher obtained invaluable practical experience while clerking during his second and third years of law school at Graves Carley, a Baton Rouge law firm primarily practicing construction and real estate law including real estate transactions as well as commercial litigation, personal injury matters, and insurance issues. Christopher then worked as an associate attorney after graduating from law school at Graves Carley, and also helped to start Signature Title, a title company in Baton Rouge.
Christopher then moved back home to the Lake Charles area in 2005 to work at The Gray Law Firm in Lake Charles, where he had a wide-ranging legal practice including commercial contract disputes, construction law and real estate issues, oil and gas issues, personal injury premises liability insurance defense, and hurricane-related insurance matters.
Christopher then branched out to his own private solo practice in 2009, and has built a successful practice in Moss Bluff over the last 16 years, predominantly on word-of-mouth referrals. He continues to practice in Moss Bluff.
Christopher is licensed to practice in all state district and appellate courts of the State of Louisiana, the Supreme Court of Louisiana, the U.S. Western, Middle, and Eastern federal district courts of Louisiana, and the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, based in New Orleans.
Christopher graduated from Sulphur High School in 1994 and obtained his undergraduate bachelor's degree from McNeese State University in 1998 in mass communication with an emphasis in journalism. A Sulphur native who has proudly called Moss Bluff his home since 2005, Christopher's prior work experience also includes working as sports editor and sports writer for Southwest Daily News, Moss Bluff News, Westlake News, and Iowa News from 1997-1999.
Born Feb. 2, 1976, Christopher has been married to Kimberly (Fontenot) Guillory, an occupational therapist and Moss Bluff native who graduated from Sam Houston High School (Class of '96) and LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans (Class of '01), for 25 years. They have two children, Grant and Abigail, who are both exceptional students while being highly involved in multiple academic and athletic extracurricular activities. Christopher also is proudly involved in the Moss Bluff community as a "Partner in Education" for Moss Bluff Elementary, and has been a sponsor and coach for numerous children's recreational sports. He also is a sponsor for various Sam Houston High School athletics.
