Walter F. Wolf
Special Counsel
Phone: 504-585-7500
Fax: 504-585-7775
Email: wwolf@leakeandersson.com
Walter F. Wolf is in (chronological order) a historian and curator, lawyer, and diplomat.
He is a graduate of Trinity University with degrees in Theatre and European history (emphasis in 19th and 20th diplomatic and military history). After graduation, he was curator/historian with the Petty Collection, a private museum, and the Historic New Orleans Collection in the French Quarter
He attended Loyola Law School, where he was the Articles Editor of the Law Review and founded the Entertainment Law Society.
His practice has ranged from copyright and entertainment law, including diverse areas such as admiralty, commercial transactions, energy/utility regulation law (while at Stone Pigman and Entergy), and international law. He has been an adjunct professor of entertainment law and international law.
Until recently, he was the Intellectual Property Manager at the National World War II Museum.
In 2022, he was appointed the Honorary Consul for the Republic of Latvia. From 2008 to 2015, he was the advisor on international law to the Honorary Consulate of Switzerland in New Orleans.
Among his many side gigs, he has been the President of the New Orleans Film Festival and legal advisor to the New Orleans Opera. He is a certified wine specialist, with certification from the Wine And Spirits Educational Trust (WSET) in London; Sherry Wine Specialist from the Sherry Council of Jerez, Spain; and a Commandeur in the Commanderie for Bordeaux (2001)
