About Us
The Cole Firm, LLC is no longer accepting clients
Our Managing Partner is a candidate for the Louisiana Supreme Court, please visit www.JudgeCole.com to learn about the March 29, 2025 election.
Federal Tax and Business Controversy
Cade has extensive experience in commercial litigation, Estate Tax and IRS disputes, business disputes, and governmental law.
Mediator and Special Master Services
Cade has trained and served extensively as a Mediator and was appointed as Special Master for Hurricane Cases in federal court and state court. He has also served extensively as a value Umpire in insurance property disputes.
About Cade
Legal Education and Training
JD from Tulane Law School with honors
CALI Award for the Highest Performance in: Obligations II, Income Tax, Energy Regulation and Public Utility Law
Law Clerk to Justice Jeanette T. Knoll of the Louisiana Supreme Court
Board Certified Tax Law Specialist
Pepperdine School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution Certificate in Mediation
Admitted to Practice before:
All Louisiana and Florida state courts
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. District Court for Western District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court for Middle District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Public Service and Governmental Law
Redistricting counsel for parishes, school boards, and cities throughout Southwest Louisiana
Appointed by the United States District Court for Western Louisiana as Special Master for Hurricane Cases
Special Master for Hurricane cases in state courts throughout Louisiana
Judge, Louisiana Court of Tax Appeals
Member, Federal Judicial Nominations Vetting Committee for Louisiana
Sulphur City Attorney
DeQuincy City Magistrate
Vinton Town Attorney and Vinton Power Authority General Counsel
Calcasieu Gaming Revenue District Counsel
Former Asst. District Attorney, 38th JDC
Assistant District Attorney, 14th JDC
Past member, Louisiana Baptist Convention's Committee on Moral and Social Concerns
Past member, College Republican National Committee
Past State Chair, Louisiana College Republicans
Organizer and Founder for Ranch Collective supporting McNeese Athletics
Chair of Magistrate Selection Committee for U.S. District Court for Western Louisiana--Lake Charles
Bar Association Activity
Board of Directors, Lafayette/Acadiana Federal Bar Association
Past Chair of the Tax Law Specialization Advisory Commission of the La. Board of Legal Specialization
Past Chair of the Tax Section of the La. State Bar
House of Delegates, La. State Bar Association
Committee on Continuing Education, La. State Bar Association
Executive Committee of the State and Local Tax Division of the American Bar Association
2013 President's Outstanding Service Award, Southwest La. Bar Association for improvements to indigent defense funding
Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation