Johnston Burkhardt

Attorney

CONTACT

935 Gravier Street, Suite 1800
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 313-4199
Fax: (504) 534-8961
Email: johnston@snw.law

PRACTICE AREAS

  • General Litigation
  • Divorce & Marital Agreements
  • Family Law and Interdictions
  • Family Law Mediation
  • Estate Planning and Successions
  • Criminal Expungements
  • General Counsel Services and Corporate Litigation
  • Real Estate Transactions, Evictions, and Litigation

Johnston Burkhardt joined Sternberg, Naccari & White in 2021. His diverse practice focuses on general litigation, family law litigation and mediation, and successions and estate planning. Johnston is also a real estate title attorney and works closely with the firm’s associated title company, Quality Title. Johnston is a Child Custody and Visitation Mediator, and he is listed on the LSBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Section's Mediator Registry.


A lifelong New Orleanian, Johnston’s interest in the law began when he was selected in high school for the Louisiana State Bar Association student internship program. He graduated from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science in General Business, and then obtained his Juris Doctor and Graduate Diploma in Comparative Law from the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he served as Senior Articles Editor for the Journal of Energy Law and Resources, Volume VII. 

Johnston is associated with the Louisiana, Orleans, and Jefferson Bar Associations and the St. Thomas Moore Catholic Lawyers Association. He is a former “40 under 40” honoree for the Youth Empowerment Program.


While in law school at LSU, Johnston served as legal extern for the Hon. Erin Wilder-Doomes, a Magistrate Judge at the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. He also clerked during his 2L summer for the Honorable Fredericka H. Wicker at the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. 


Notably, while a law student at LSU, Johnston was SNW’s very first law clerk. He returned to the firm as an attorney after practicing family law in downtown New Orleans. Johnston is an accomplished artist, enjoys playing tennis, traveling, and cooking. While studying for the bar and preparing to practice law, Johnston was the campaign manager for a prominent Judge running for an open seat on the Louisiana Supreme Court.

  • Bar Admissions

    • Louisiana (all state courts)

  • Education

    • Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, J.D./D.C.L.
    • Louisiana State University, B.S

  • Community and Professional Involvement

    • Louisiana State Bar Association
    • New Orleans Bar Association
    • Jefferson Bar Association
    • Youth Empowerment Program 40 Under 40 Cohort
    • St. Thomas Moore Catholic Lawyers Association

MORE ABOUT JOHNSTON

Quieting Title After a Tax Sale in Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish

By Johnston Burkhardt • June 8, 2026
Quieting Title After a Tax Sale for Rural Land in Lafayette and Acadiana Purchasing rural land at a Louisiana tax sale can be a smart investment, but many buyers are surprised to learn that they do not immediately receive full ownership. Instead, a purchaser receives tax sale title, which is subject to redemption rights and potential legal challenges. Whether you purchased timberland, hunting property, farmland, inherited acreage, vacant land, or rural property, quieting title is often necessary before the property can be sold, financed, insured, or developed.  In most Louisiana tax sales, the former owner has a three-year redemption period from the recording of the tax sale certificate to reclaim the property. After that period expires, the tax sale purchaser may file a lawsuit to quiet title or confirm ownership. In many cases, Louisiana law requires a six-month waiting period after filing suit before title can be confirmed. However, if five years have passed since the tax sale certificate was recorded, purchasers may often pursue a faster process requiring only ten days’ notice before obtaining confirmation of title. Quiet title actions are particularly common for rural land in Lafayette and Acadiana, where properties may involve succession issues, deceased owners, missing heirs, inherited family land, hunting camps, agricultural acreage, or timber tracts. Our firm assists investors, landowners, and developers throughout Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Iberia Parish, Acadia Parish, St. Martin Parish, St. Landry Parish, Evangeline Parish, and St. Mary Parish, including Lafayette, Youngsville, Broussard, Scott, Carencro, Breaux Bridge, New Iberia, Abbeville, Kaplan, Opelousas, Crowley, Eunice, Ville Platte, and surrounding Acadiana communities. If you purchased rural property at a tax sale and need help obtaining marketable, insurable title, Sternberg, Naccari & White, LLC can help guide you through the Louisiana quiet title process. To learn more, receive a quote, or to schedule a free consultation regarding tax sales or real estate law, contact Johnston at (504) 324-2141 or johnston@snw.law .

Quieting Title After a Tax Sale for Rural Land in Lafayette and Acadiana

By Johnston Burkhardt • June 8, 2026
Quieting Title After a Tax Sale for Rural Land in Lafayette and Acadiana Purchasing rural land at a Louisiana tax sale can be a smart investment, but many buyers are surprised to learn that they do not immediately receive full ownership. Instead, a purchaser receives tax sale title, which is subject to redemption rights and potential legal challenges. Whether you purchased timberland, hunting property, farmland, inherited acreage, vacant land, or rural property, quieting title is often necessary before the property can be sold, financed, insured, or developed.  In most Louisiana tax sales, the former owner has a three-year redemption period from the recording of the tax sale certificate to reclaim the property. After that period expires, the tax sale purchaser may file a lawsuit to quiet title or confirm ownership. In many cases, Louisiana law requires a six-month waiting period after filing suit before title can be confirmed. However, if five years have passed since the tax sale certificate was recorded, purchasers may often pursue a faster process requiring only ten days’ notice before obtaining confirmation of title. Quiet title actions are particularly common for rural land in Lafayette and Acadiana, where properties may involve succession issues, deceased owners, missing heirs, inherited family land, hunting camps, agricultural acreage, or timber tracts. Our firm assists investors, landowners, and developers throughout Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Iberia Parish, Acadia Parish, St. Martin Parish, St. Landry Parish, Evangeline Parish, and St. Mary Parish, including Lafayette, Youngsville, Broussard, Scott, Carencro, Breaux Bridge, New Iberia, Abbeville, Kaplan, Opelousas, Crowley, Eunice, Ville Platte, and surrounding Acadiana communities. If you purchased rural property at a tax sale and need help obtaining marketable, insurable title, Sternberg, Naccari & White, LLC can help guide you through the Louisiana quiet title process. To learn more, receive a quote, or to schedule a free consultation regarding tax sales or real estate law, contact Johnston at (504) 324-2141 or johnston@snw.law .