Dixon Wallace McMakin

Attorney Dixon Wallace McMakin is the managing member of The McMakin Law Firm, PLLC, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A top-ranked lawyer with more than seven years of legal experience, Mr. McMakin provides exceptional counsel and support to clients throughout the greater Baton Rouge metro and surrounding areas who have legal needs involving any of the following:

úÿÿÿÿÿÿ Estate planning

úÿÿÿÿÿÿ Probate

úÿÿÿÿÿÿ Wealth management

Over the course of his legal career, Mr. McMakin has achieved considerable success helping his clients protect themselves, their assets and their loved ones for the future while assisting them with creating lasting legacies for their heirs and family members. Drawing upon his in-depth legal knowledge, he is able to devise effective strategies to help his clients preserve the bulk of their wealth for future generations, and he has earned consistent top rankings and endorsements from his peers for his outstanding professionalism and service.

After graduating from Louisiana State University in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in general studies, Mr. McMakin returned to his alma mater and obtained his Master of Business Administration from Louisiana State University's E.J. Ourso College of Business Flores MBA Program in 2013. That same year, he also obtained his Juris Doctor from the university's Paul M. Hebert Law Center.

While pursuing his legal degree, Mr. McMakin served as the Student Bar Association's executive treasurer, and he placed as a semi-finalist in the Chancellor?s Cup Senior Appellate Challenge. Moreover, he also helped raise more than 25,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation as commissioner of the university's Law Football Club.

Among his list of professional credentials, Mr. McMakin is a registered representative with Geneos Wealth Management, Inc., and he has his license in Life, Health and Accident Insurance with the Louisiana Department of Insurance. He also holds his licenses in FINRA Series 7, 63, and 65 licenses, and he is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Louisiana Notary Association, and Omicron Delta Kappa Alumni along with the LSU Law Chancellor?s Club.

Outside his legal practice, Mr. McMakin has served as president of Le Cercle de Bacchus, and he is active with his local Boys and Girls Club. He is also highly involved with the St. Aloysius Parish Church as well as many other civic, charitable and faith-based organizations in his community.