When Laura Poché turned 15, she ran for office and won.
As governor of the American Legion Auxiliary “Girls State” experiential learning program, Laura took her first step towards forging a career out of her desire to guide and help others during their most trying times.
She realized she had a gift – taking the most complicated, intimidating concepts and simplifying them for people in need of clarity. Her path towards marrying her gift with a corresponding career took many turns, first heading towards medicine and business before taking her to law school at Louisiana State University where she graduated in 1989.
After six years of representing insurance companies as a fresh law school graduate, she decided to make a change. She realized that her clients were too big, too impersonal, and too distant for her to feel fulfilled. In Laura’s words, “my goal in life was to really help people, but I didn’t feel the love…didn’t feel I was helping others in a positive way.”
Years of hard work, yearning, and a refusal to settle for anything less than a career rich with meaning lead Laura to commit herself to a specialty in legal estate planning and her subsequent accumulation of 25 years of expertise. By helping people plan for the most vulnerable, emotionally trying time of life, Mrs. Poché has combined her unparalleled experience with a degree of empathy which has truly transformed her practice from a “profession to a ministry.”
Working with people from all walks of life has shown Laura that life holds a few absolute truths. Regardless of your net worth, peace of mind bears no price tag. Life is too short and too precious for the strife of costly and life-sucking litigation, and Laura Poché will be your ally and friend should you decide to plan NOW to protect your assets for the benefit of your loved ones so you can enjoy the rest of your life in as much peace as possible.
Laura Claverie Poche’ is a board-certified estate planning and administration specialist in the state of Louisiana. She has been called a “passionate planner” because she advocates to all of her clients the importance of getting your legal affairs in order as soon as possible. She discovered very early in her legal career that clients who are proactive with their estate planning are much more likely to leave a legacy to loved ones which maintains family harmony, incurs minimal cost and time, and reduces stress and anxiety.
Laura grew up on the West Bank of New Orleans in Gretna. In 1986, Laura graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in Quantitative Business Analysis. In 1989, she earned her law degree from LSU Law School. While at LSU, Laura met her husband, Jay. After marrying in New Orleans, they moved back to Baton Rouge in 1990. Since then, she has worked for some top law firms and attorneys in the State of Louisiana.
Laura furthered her knowledge of estate planning, real estate law and personal wealth management by attaining the designation of estate planning and administration specialist by the Louisiana State Bar Association, being a licensed title insurance agent/title attorney for the state of Louisiana, and being a licensed securities representative by FINRA.
Laura and Jay have three sons, Trey (at St. Louis University in St. Louis, MO), Lewis (at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX) and Lane (at Catholic High School) who are the “apples of her eye.” In addition to keeping up with the busy lives of all her boys, Laura enjoys helping others through her involvement in several non-profit organizations focused on education initiatives, women empowerment, poverty prevention and attaining self-sufficiency in Baton Rouge, including City Year Baton Rouge, Inc., Junior League of Baton Rouge, Inc., Rotary Club of Baton Rouge, HOPE Ministries of Baton Rouge, Inc. and many others.
