Blitzer, Jr.

Sid is a member of Butler Snow’s Business Services practice group and focuses his practice on estates and trusts. 

• Estates & Trusts
• Estate Administration/Probate
• Wealth Transfer Planning (Domestic)
• Tax

• Substantial experience assisting clients in matters related to estates and trusts, estate administration and probate, wealth transfer planning and federal transfer taxes related to these areas.

• Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
• Fellow, The International Academy of Estate and Trust Counsel
• Board Certified in Estate Planning and Administration, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization, First Year of Certification-Present
• Board Certified in Tax Law, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization, First Year of Certification-Present
• Martindale-Hubbell®
  • AV® – Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
• BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Trusts and Estates, 1987-Present
  • Litigation – Trusts and Estates, 2011-Present
• Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers®
  • Louisiana First Edition and all Subsequent Editions
  • Top 50 Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2008
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Estate and Gift Taxation, Louisiana State University Law School, 1983-1998
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Security Devices (Secured Transactions), Louisiana State University Law School, 1975-1979
• Who's Who in American Law, 1976-Present
• Former Commissioner on Advisory Committee for Certification of Attorneys in Estate Planning and Administration, Louisiana State Bar Specialization Board, 1995-1997 

• Louisiana, 1969

• Louisiana State University, J.D., 1969
  • Order of the Coif
  • Associate Editor and Article Contributor, Louisiana Law Review
  • Chairman, Ethics and Grievances Committee
  • Outstanding Member, Phi Delta Phi, 1969
  • Omicron Delta Kappa
• Duke University, A.B., Economics, 1966

• The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
  • Louisiana State Chair, 2004-2009
• International Academy of Estate and Trust Law
• Estate and Business Planning Council of Baton Rouge
  • President
  • Member
• Louisiana State Law Institute
  • Succession and Donations Committee, 1990-Present
  • Trust Code Revision Committee, 1991-Present
  • Rents and Annuities Committee, 2009
  • Ad Hoc Property/Successions Committee, 1992
• Baton Rouge Bar Association
• Louisiana Bar Association
• American Bar Association

• Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Programs in estate planning and taxation: Louisiana State Bar Association, Louisiana State University Law School, Tulane Law School, Loyola Law School, Southern University Law School, Louisiana Society of CPA's and various other professional and civic organizations.

• The Episcopal School of Baton Rouge
  • Board of Visitors
  • Former Member, Board of Trustees
• Various Civic Boards in Baton Rouge, Former Member