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Securities and investor fraud in Louisiana: market data
What public records say about the market for securities and investor fraud in Louisiana: how much demand the courts and agencies count, how many law offices serve it, how many people need help in Spanish, and the ad rules that apply. Every number links to the record it comes from.
Nearby data
Start from what Louisiana publishes: the practice areas with the most public figures, and the states with the most data for securities and investor fraud. Each links to its own record-by-record page.
Practice areas with the most demand figures in Louisiana
- Personal injury 29 demand figures
- Employment law 24 demand figures
- Mass torts 23 demand figures
- Bankruptcy 17 demand figures
- Social Security disability (SSDI and SSI) 17 demand figures
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Lawyer supply
How many law offices and lawyers the federal statistics count here.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New lawyers admitted | 476 lawyers a year | 2025 | Louisiana state | bar-pipeline v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443 record la-bar-pipeline · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties under 1 law office per 10,000 residents | 4 counties | 2026-Q1 | Louisiana state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-22 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties with no law office | 1 counties | 2026-Q1 | Louisiana state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-22 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents living in those low-office counties | 1.3 percent of residents | 2026-Q1 | Louisiana state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-22 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employer law firms | 3,110 firms | 2022 | Louisiana state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-la-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Receipts of employer law firms | 4,424,630,000 US dollars | 2022 | Louisiana state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-la-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Law offices per 10,000 residents | 8.13 per 10,000 residents | 2026-Q1 | Louisiana state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-22 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms) | 4,978 firms | latest Nonemployer Statistics year | Louisiana state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-22 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Private law offices | 3,755 establishments | 2026-Q1 | Louisiana state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-22 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Lawyers employed (wage-earning, BLS OEWS) | 10,200 jobs | May 2025 | Louisiana state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:LA:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Median annual wage of employed lawyers | 104,100 US dollars a year | May 2025 | Louisiana state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:LA:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Spanish-language demand
People who speak Spanish and speak English less than very well, and the lawyers who speak Spanish, from the Census Bureau survey (with margins of error).
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) | 449 ±189 lawyers | 2020-2024 | Louisiana state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:LA:lawyers-spanish · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer | 218 ±92 people per lawyer | 2020-2024 | Louisiana state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:LA:lep-per-spanish-lawyer · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English (ACS) | 98,013 ±3,525 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Louisiana state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:LA:spanish-lep · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English | 98,013 ±3,598 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Louisiana state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-la · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Ad rules that apply
The rules a law firm's ads in Louisiana have to meet, summarized from the official texts. The full rules, with quotes, are on the state page.
| Topic | Status | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | Ads in public media and unsolicited written communications are filed with the bar's committee before or at the same time as first use (7.7(c)). Fee: $175; $275 if filed after first use; a discounted $100 fee applies to the filers the Bar's schedule names. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Required content | P primary source | Each non-exempt ad names at least one responsible lawyer (full name), the office city or town (or parish if outside a city or town), and the bar's filing number (7.2(a)(1)-(3)). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Waiting periods for contact | P primary source | 30 days. An unsolicited written communication about a personal injury, wrongful death, accident or disaster may not be sent unless the event was more than thirty days before the mailing (7.4(b)(1)(a)). Email is held to the same limit (7.6(c)(1)). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Claims and results | P primary source | A reference to past results needs a disclaimer such as "results may vary" (7.2(c)(1)(d)). Promising results is barred (7.2(c)(1)(e)). Comparisons must be factually substantiated (7.2(c)(1)(g)). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | A lawyer may not give anything of value for recommending the lawyer's services, except the reasonable cost of permitted advertising and the usual charges of a lawyer referral service (7.2(c)(13)). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Call recording | P primary source | A person who is a party to a communication, or who has the prior consent of one party, may intercept it, unless the purpose is a criminal or tortious act. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Texting | P primary source | Telephonic solicitations to residential subscribers on the state or national do-not-call list are prohibited. The Public Service Commission keeps the state list and collects the chapter's fees and penalties; the cited section gives no private right of action. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Drug and device injury ads (state statute) | P primary source | La. R.S. 51:3251 (Acts 2022, No. 700, S.B. 378) - general advertising statute, not limited to legal ads (effective 2022): Louisiana has no statute written only for lawyer ads on drugs and devices: S.B. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | Louisiana: lawyers must file their ads with a bar or court office, by the time the ad first runs. The standard fee is $175 per ad. official source · filing v1.2.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721409 · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | Lawyers in different firms may split a fee only if the total fee is reasonable and each lawyer renders meaningful legal services in the matter; there is no proportion test or joint-responsibility alternative. official source · referral v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23747113 · checked 2026-10-27 |
Prices and pay (national)
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs in legal services (seasonally adjusted) | 1,249 thousand jobs | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CES6054110001:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| CPI-U: legal services | 230 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CUUR0000SEGC01:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: offices of lawyers | 338 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
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The rows behind this page, with every dataset, version, DOI, record id and check date.
Cite as: Probative Growth, The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443); Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430); Spanish-speaking demand vs Spanish-speaking lawyer supply, by state and metro v1.1.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758); Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997); Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415); Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840); Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886); Legal-services prices and jobs, monthly (BLS CPI, PPI and CES) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854); CC BY 4.0. https://probativegrowth.com/markets/louisiana/investor-claims/
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Each figure is copied from one record of the dataset named with it, joined to this state and practice through the open practice and place crosswalk. Nothing is estimated. Methods, inputs and limits.