William Most
Direct line: (504) 509-5023
Attorney William Most graduated from Harvard College in 2005 and obtained a law degree from the U.C. Berkeley School of Law in 2011. At Berkeley, Mr. Most was a member of the Order of the Coif, a designation awarded to the top ten percent of each class.
He practiced at the California law firm of Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP before moving to New Orleans and founding Most & Associates. He is licensed to practice in Louisiana and California.
Mr. Most has represented individuals, businesses, families, international entities, non-profits, municipalities, state agencies, regional planning agencies, American Indian tribes, candidates for office, activists, journalists, artists, law professors, students, prisoners, farmers, tenants, developers, family trusts, private landowners, and utilities. He has experience in trial and appellate courts, and has sat on several advisory boards.
He has practiced before the U.S. Supreme Court, a state supreme court, multiple federal and state courts of appeal, and trial courts from California to Louisiana to Maine.
He holds a Certificate of Specialization in Environmental Law, and a Certificate of Honor from the San Francisco District Attorney. He has been an editor of the Climate Change Law and Policy Reporter, a city-council-appointed member of the San Francisco Urban Forestry Council, and a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for foster youth.
Mr. Most is Of Counsel to the ATA Law Group, a California-based law firm. He has served as a board member of the National Police Accountability Project. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Politics, New Orleans, Louisiana, and a Scholar of the National Lawyers Guild.
He is also the 2023-2024 Chair of the New Orleans Bar Association Civil Rights Committee.
Mr. Most was selected for the Louisiana Rising Stars lists published by Thomson Reuters for 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. He was selected for the Louisiana Super Lawyers list for 2024.
Mr. Most has been voted by his peers to be among the Top Lawyers listed in New Orleans Magazine, including:
2021 - Employee Benefits Law
2021 - Labor & Employment
2022 - Labor & Employment
2023 - Employee Benefits Law
2023 - Labor & Employment
Prior to a career in law, Mr. Most was a fisheries biologist.
Bar Admissions
State of Louisiana
State of California
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth District
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California