About Us
Northshore Special Needs Advocates consists of multiple legal professionals that work in the community to meet the goals of families with young adults with special needs.
Patricia R. Bonneau
Advocate
Patricia R. Bonneau has a B.A. Degree in Elementary and Special Education, and a Masters in Special Education from Louisiana Tech University and a Juris Doctorate from Southern University Law Center.
She focuses her legal work on the needs of families with exceptional children, including continuing tutorships and interdictions. Further, her legal work includes succession, divorces, and powers of attorney for property, finances, and healthcare.
She is involved in the community by providing Pro Bono legal services to families requiring justice in the court system.
In 2021, she received the Pro Bono Publico Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association for Outstanding Pro Bono Services to Louisiana’s Indigent. The Pro Bono Publico Award recognizes attorneys and law firms that meet or exceed the aspirational goal of providing 50 hours of pro bono services per year.
She is a member of the 22nd Judicial District Bar Association, Slidell Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association, and the Louisiana Bar Foundation.
Erinn W. Neyrey
Advocate
Erinn Neyrey has a degree in Psychology from Spring Hill College, Law Degree from Louisiana State University and Masters of Environmental Law from Vermont Law School.
Currently, her legal work includes continuing tutorships, interdictions, successions, business contract review and development and divorces.
Additionally, she is active in providing pro bono legal services to improve access to justice for the local community and providing free legal education to families and organizations assisting special needs teenagers and young adults.
In 2023, she received the Century Club Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association for her legal pro bono work. The LSBA Century Award is presented to those attorneys who have demonstrated exemplary commitment to the ideals of their profession by providing over 100 hours of volunteer pro bono legal services during the calendar year through an established pro bono organization.
She is a member of both the local Slidell Bar Association and the statewide Louisiana Bar Association.