Smart solutions for challenging problems
John has been repeatedly recognized as a Louisiana “Super Lawyer” by SuperLawyers.com and as a “Top Attorney” by SB Magazine. He is a former member of the Shreveport City Council and served as Chairman of the City Council’s Audit and Finance Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Bar Foundation, a master of the bench of the Harry V. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz Inn of Court, a past governor-at-large for Louisiana of the Bar Association of the Federal Fifth Circuit, and a past president of the Shreveport Bar Foundation.
John represents individuals and business in a wide range of legal matters. Representative matters include defense of a company in an arbitration before the American Arbitration Association with a former executive of the company; defense of an employee charged with mishandling explosive materials at a military installation; prosecution of first-party insurance claims against an insurance company; and community property partitions involving millions of dollars of assets.
John earned his law degree from the University of Virginia and served as a law clerk to United States Circuit Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod on the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He and his wife, Emily, have been married for more than two decades, have four children, and are active members of the Cathedral of St. John Berchmans. John is admitted to practice in Louisiana and Texas, and his email address is john.nickelson@nickelsonlaw.com.
John Nickelson
Heidi is an associate with Nickelson Law PLLC. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and earned her law degree from the Paul M. Hebert LSU Law Center. She served as a law clerk to Judge Michael A. Pitman and Judge Katherine C. Dorroh of the First Judicial District Court of the First Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish and to Judge John C. Davidson of the Ninth Judicial District Court of Rapides Parish.
Heidi is a member of the Shreveport Bar Association Executive Council, the treasurer of the Women’s Section of the Shreveport Bar Association, a member of the Harry V. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz Inn of Court, and the treasurer of the Parents Association of the St. John Berchmans Cathedral School. Heidi provides pro bono services to children in Caddo Parish Juvenile Court and volunteers with the Shreveport Bar Foundation Pro Bono Project. She is admitted to practice in Louisiana and Texas, and her email address is heidi.martin@nickelsonlaw.com.
Heidi Martin
Practice Areas
Business Litigation
We serve as counsel to businesses and individuals in a wide range of disputes. Representative matters include defending a commercial tenant in a lease dispute before the American Arbitration Association, filing suit against an insurer in federal court after it refused to pay a homeowner’s significant fire loss, defending a property owner in a suit asserting redhibition and fraud claims, and pursuing dissolution of a limited liability company with significant oil and gas assets on behalf of one of its members.
Family Law
Disputes between family members can be both financially and emotionally challenging, and we work to resolve such disputes fairly and efficiently. We guide clients through the process of divorce and have litigated multi-million dollar community property partitions. We represent both executors and beneficiaries in succession disputes. And we advise children and other relatives whose elderly family members can no longer manage their own affairs. Let us put our experience to work for you.
Local Counsel
John Nickelson began his career in the commercial litigation section of a national law firm and clerked for a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and Heidi Martin served as a law clerk for two judges of the First Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish. They understand the commitment, responsiveness, and attention to detail large firms require and have served as local counsel in a wide range of significant matters in state and federal court. If you need local counsel in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana or the First Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish, please contact us.