Staff

Patricia Estorge graduated from USL (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette), with a B.A. in business. She then spent many years in the wholesale drug and medical supply business. Ms. Estorge has now been in the legal profession since 2005. As the firm’s office manager, she is the heart of the GLP team and maintains a healthy and efficient environment conducive to strong, lasting client relations from suit to settlement.

Susan Quebedeaux lives in Lafayette and has been an integral part of Jim’s practice for 40 years. She graduated from T.H. Harris Vocational Technical School in 1979 in secretarial studies and began working as a legal secretary in Opelousas. In 1985 she married, moved to Lafayette, and has been working for Jim Gibson ever since. She has legal experience in professional liability defense, commercial litigation, public entity litigation, class action litigation and complex trial litigation. Susan is currently a member of the Lafayette Paralegal Association.

Melanie Robillard is from New Iberia. She has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Mel also maintains the firm’s commercial insurance policies and assists Morgan with the firm’s marketing programs.

Lesley Trahan is a commissioned Notary Public and a graduate of McNeese State University having earned a degree in Paralegal Studies. Her legal experience includes personal injury law, real estate transactions, general civil practice, insurance defense, public entity defense, school law, as well as general law office administration, legal e-billing, and appeals. She joined Gibson Law Partners in 2018 as a paralegal, and in 2019, was promoted to her current position as Accounts Receivable Manager. Lesley is also a member of the Lafayette Paralegal Association, having served as President for 2 years, as well as other offices and committee roles.

Clarissa Long joined Gibson Law Partners, LLC, shortly after the firm opened, bringing her 32 years of relevant legal experience with her. In 1992, she received her paralegal certificate from USL (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and has been working in the legal field as a legal assistant and paralegal since that time. Her prior legal experience was focused on litigation, including maritime, personal injury, insurance defense and medical malpractice. At Gibson Law Partners, LLC, she has added the fields of professional liability and probate liability to her already impressive list of practice areas.

Michelle E. Neef is an Advanced Certified Paralegal (ACP) with over 37 years of legal experience. In 1985, she earned her Associate of Science degree from the College of Business Administration at University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL). In 1988, she became a commissioned Notary Public and later went on to receive her paralegal certification from USL in 1992 and then her Advanced Certified Paralegal designations from the National Association of Legal Assistants.

Her legal experience includes professional liability defense, commercial litigation, public entity litigation, complex litigation and insurance defense. Michelle is a member of the Lafayette Paralegal Association and the National Association of Legal Assistants.

Nancy Hartwell moved to Lafayette from New Orleans in 1982. Her legal career began in 1984 as a receptionist while attending paralegal classes at USL. She has been assisting Lafayette firms in a paralegal capacity since 1991. Nancy brings 27 plus years of legal experience to GLP, with emphasis on litigation of maritime personal injury claims from an insurance defense perspective and longshore workers compensation claims. She has assisted in wage claims and wrongful termination suits, and has been instrumental in the creation and management of databases for document intensive files, discovery, document exchange and preparations for trial. Nancy is currently a member of the Lafayette Paralegal Association.

Mary H. Richard obtained a paralegal certificate from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1995, and has been working as a paralegal since that time. Prior legal experience includes medical malpractice and insurance defense with a focus on litigation. Mary joined Gibson Law Partners as a paralegal in 2019.

Denise LeBlanc joins our firm with over 33 years legal exp and worked for Marc for over 26 years. Her prior legal experience is in complex litigation matters of professional liability such as lawyers and law firms, doctors and health care providers, architects and engineers, insurance agents and accountants, general casualty such as oilfield, maritime, trucking, premises, construction and design, and products liability personal injuries, property damages, and revenue losses, and commercial and probate lawsuits and disputes. She also served as Marc Moroux’s executive assistant during his tenure as general and corporate counsel for an energy construction and fabrication group of companies where she was responsible for maintaining corporate documents, regulatory filings, litigation management, master service agreements, contracts, and related activities.

Allison M. Humphreys is a paralegal with 19 years of paralegal experience in the Lafayette and Baton Rouge area. In 1991, Allison earned a B.S. degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Interior Merchandising and quickly learned that this was not her calling. In 1992, Allison attended and graduated, with honors, from the ABA approved National Center for Paralegal Training in Atlanta, Georgia with a specialty in civil litigation. Allison’s legal career has focused mainly on personal injury law and class action lawsuits. Allison joins the firm of Gibson Law Partners as a paralegal.

Amy Broussard graduated with a degree in Paralegal Studies from McNeese State University in 1999. Since then, she has over 15 years of legal experience in complex litigation matters of professional liability such as lawyers and law firms, doctors and health care providers, architects and engineers, insurance agents and accountants, general casualty such as oilfield, maritime, trucking, premise, construction and design, and products liability personal injuries, property damages, revenue losses, and commercial and probate lawsuits and disputes.

Morgan Sellers was raised in Lafayette. She joined the firm as a file clerk in 2022 and obtained a paralegal certificate from LSUE in 2024. Morgan handles our marketing alongside Melanie and will be joining the firm of Gibson Law Partners as a paralegal.