Welcome Associate Attorney, Austin Pottorff

Austin grew up in Sulphur, LA and attended McNeese State University after high school, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Austin’s impressive academic career didn’t stop there. He moved on to receive his Juris Doctor and Graduate in Comparative Law from Louisiana State University in May, where he was the top 20% of his class and Cum Laude. To top off his particularly successful year, Austin was married to his wife Hailey just a week after graduation!

Additional accomplishments from Austin include:

  • Senior Associate & Issues Editor of Louisiana Law Review Vol. 82
  • CALI Award for both Legal Research and Writing, and Conflict of Laws
  • Academic Tutor for: Contracts, Torts, and Civil Law Property
  • Austin has been a trusted Law Clerk in our office since the summer of 2021, and upon passing his Bar exam has earned his position as associate attorney here at Fuerst, Carrier, and Ogden, LLC.