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Monica Hof Wallace is the Dean Marcel Garsaud, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.  She teaches, lectures, and writes in the areas of Louisiana family law, successions, donations, trusts, and community property.  She is often hired as an expert to assist with issues in her areas of expertise.

Monica completed her undergraduate education in Finance at L.S.U. and attended law school at Loyola, where she graduated first in her class and served as Chairman of the Moot Court Board.  Upon graduation, Monica served as a law clerk for the Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.  Before joining the faculty at Loyola, Monica practiced at the New Orleans firm of Correro Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley & Casteix (now Fishman Haygood et al).

Monica is an active member of the Louisiana Law Institute, the St. Thomas More Inn of Court, the Louisiana Bar Foundation, Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers, and Cancer Crusaders. She has served twice on the Board of Governors for the Louisiana State Bar Association, and she has been recognized as a City Business Leader in Law and a three-time Professor of the Year.  She is married to Todd Wallace and they have two wonderful children, Jack and Grace. Download CV.