About Joe E.
Joe E. Broussard began his academic trail on the University of Notre Dame, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting in 1984. He went on to study law at Baylor Law School, receiving his J.D. in 1988. Those study room years set the groundwork for a tradition that has centered on private wealth and estate administration matters.
He joined MehaffyWeber, P.C. in 1988 and has served as a shareholder there since that time. His profession has been in large part tied to the firm, the place he has labored on estate planning, estate administration management and associated things for people and households throughout Texas. Over decades on the same company he has handled both straightforward property administrations and extra complex planning questions that involve tax and fiduciary issues.
Broussard is board-certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. That credential informs how he approaches client files and client counseling. He advocates for clients in drafting estate documents, advising executors and trustees, and litigating disputes that arise in probate courts. He additionally gives counsel at the tax penalties of property plans and on structuring transfers to preserve household belongings.
His work extends past the workplace. Broussard has been a member of the Jefferson County Bar Association and the Southeast Texas Estate Planning Council since 1988. He serves at the Three Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts of America as a director and on its government committee, a position he has held since 2014. Since 2018 he has been involved with a committee of the CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Hospital Foundation. Those roles reflect continuous civic involvement within the Beaumont and Southeast Texas groups where he practices.
Colleagues describe Broussard as planned and continuous in his dealing with of client matters. He favors practical answers that address each legal and financial penalties. He has constructed a practice that mixes transactional planning with probate work, so he frequently shifts among drafting files and guiding clients thru courtroom procedures.
He is licensed to practice law in Texas and continues to operate out of MehaffyWeber, P.C., where he keeps a practice concentrated on estate making plans, estate administration management and associated tax problems.
