Kim Ngan Nguyen
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Kim Ngan Nguyen devotes and maintains an active general civil litigation practice, with
a concentration in Family and Domestic law. She handles all aspects of
family law, including counseling clients considering prenuptial agreements,
complex legal issues of divorce, child custody, support actions, property
disputes, and dissolution of business entities related to divorce. In
addition to her work representing her clients, Ms. Nguyen is a frequent
lecturer at Loyola University College of Law New Orleans and she also
lectures on family law topics at continuing professional education seminars.
Ms. Nguyen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New
Orleans, her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Loyola University College of
Law, and also attended the University of Vienna Law School, Vienna, Austria
where she studied international law. Upon graduation from Loyola law,
she served as a judicial clerk to Hon. Kern A. Reese, Civil District Court
for the Parish of Orleans. During law school, Ms. Nguyen also served as
a judicial clerk to the Honorable Joseph C. Wilkinson, Jr., Magistrate,
United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. She was admitted
to practice in Louisiana in 2004.
Ms. Nguyen has received the distinct honor of being named a “Top
Lawyer” by New Orleans Magazine in the area of Family Law in 2015
and by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star since 2012 and continues to maintain
that distinction.
Ms. Nguyen is currently a member of the Federal Bar Association, American
Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association and A.P. Tureaud American
Inns of Court where she serves on the Executive Committee. She also serves
on the Board of Directors and acts as Vice President of Community Relations
for the Louisiana Asian Pacific American Bar Association where she is
a founding member and also a founding member of The Vietnamese American
Bar Association.
Aside from her professional affiliations, Ms. Nguyen is a member of the
Junior League of New Orleans and currently serves on the Regional Committee
of The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). She is also a member
of the Young Leadership Counsel.
Presentations:
- Simultaneous Committee CLE Programs; Get a Clue: The Ethical Use of Private
Investigators in Family Law Cases (4/2010) presented at the American Bar
Association Section of Family Law Conference, New Orleans Louisiana and
Webinar (8/2012)
- Louisiana Community Property Law (3/2013) presented at Family Mediation
Training, Loyola University College of Law
- The Evolution of Technology and Social Media in Family Law (8/2014) presented
at 2014 LSBA Louisiana Family Law Seminar