The topics of his lectures include civil law, French genealogy, notary records, and the U.S. Constitution. He also speaks on comparative constitutional law, legal ethics, and attorney mental health. Forrest graduated from American University Washington College of Law and attended Brigham Young University for his undergraduate education, majoring in French and International Politics.

He has practiced law as an attorney at international law firms, as an in-house corporate counsel, and as a law clerk in a United States District Court. He is fluent in French and Spanish and has practiced law in France. He is a native of Louisiana, the only civil law jurisdiction in the United States, and has French ancestry.

For the past ten years Forrest has taught law students at the Université of Paris Cité and American University. This is Forrest’s second year teaching at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy.