Rebecca Bayless

Rebecca Bayless is an attorney with Baron & Budd. She joined the firm in 2024 as part of the document review team that works with the Class Action, Environmental, Qui Tam, and Opioid Litigation Groups.

Originally from Lafayette, Louisiana, Ms. Bayless was a 2005 graduate of Louisiana State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a minor in History. Ms. Bayless completed a post-baccalaureate certificate program in early childhood education from LeTourneau University before enrolling at LSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2006.

Following graduation from LSU Law in 2009, Ms. Bayless clerked for the Honorable Phyllis M. Keaty at the 15th Judicial District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeal. After clerking for Judge Keaty, Ms. Bayless spent several years as an associate attorney in private practice, where she worked on complex community property partitions, disputed succession litigation, and intricate family law issues. She also gained experience in workers’ compensation and personal injury matters. In addition, Ms. Bayless served as a judicial law clerk, first to Judge Charles Fitzgerald at the 15th Judicial District Court from 2015 to 2017 and then to Judge John E. Conery at the Third Circuit Court of Appeal from 2017 to 2018, before returning to litigation in 2018. She is licensed to practice in all Louisiana state courts.