Alixe “Ally” L. Duplechain

Ally focuses her practice on commercial litigation and appeals for businesses and individuals in a wide range of industries. Her practice is built on written advocacy. She has successfully obtained pre-trial resolution of disputes through motion practice and favorable outcomes on appeal.

Ally also teaches the procedure she practices. She has presented on state court summary judgment practice to the New Orleans Bar Association for four consecutive years, along with programs on evidentiary and procedural developments out of the legislature.

Ally graduated magna cum laude and Order of the Coif from Tulane University Law School, where she served as a managing editor of the Tulane Law Review and as a senior fellow for the first-year legal research and writing course. She earned a Certificate in Civil Law and externed for the Honorable Susie Morgan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Before law school, she earned a B.S. in Psychology from Louisiana State University.

Honors & Recognitions

• Order of the Coif
• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America — Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation (2024-2027)

Community & Professional

• Managing Editor, Tulane Law Review
• Member, Louisiana State Bar Association
• Member, Federal Bar Association
• Junior Member, Louisiana State Law Institute (2021)

Represented a commercial party; obtained summary judgment on insurance coverage issues. (North Carolina Business Court, 2025).

Represented government entities on appeal; briefed and defeated petitions for writs of mandamus seeking transfer to a distant venue. (U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2023)

Represented a commercial party on appeal; obtained reversal of a fee award on the grounds that the opposing party had materially breached the contract and thereby forfeited its right to enforce the obligation. (Louisiana Supreme Court, 2023)

Represented a commercial landlord; obtained summary judgment for all past-due rent and successfully defended the judgment on appeal. (24th Judicial District Court and Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, 2023)