LSBA Board of Governors
Louisiana State Law Institute
Ms. Marguerite L Adams
2013-15
701 Poydras St Fl 50
New Orleans, LA 70139-6001
Phone: (504) 556-4142
Fax: (504) 556-4108
Marguerite L. (Peggy) Adams is a shareholder in the New Orleans office of Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C. She received a BA degree in 1972 from Auburn University, an MCD degree in 1975 from Louisiana State University Medical Center and her JD degree in 1981 from Loyola University College of Law. She was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 1981.
Peggy is past chair of the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Trusts, Estate, Probate and Immovable Property Law Section. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a council member of the Louisiana State Law Institute and a member of the Commercial Real Estate Women of New Orleans.
She has been recognized in Louisiana Super Lawyers (2007-13), The Best Lawyers in America (2003-13), Chambers USA (2007-12) and in New Orleans CityBusiness “Leadership in Law” (2006) and Woman of the Year (2011) listings.
In her community, she is president of the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s Cornerstone Council, a member of the Archdiocese of New Orleans Finance Council and a past president of the Academy of the Sacred Heart Alumnae Board (Alumna of the Year in 2008).
Peggy and her husband, Thomas Keasler Foutz, have been married for 16 years. She is the mother of two children.