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.

Estate Planning

 

Unfortunately, many people do not have their affairs in order when they pass away. This can cause loved ones substantial inconvenience and hardship. Allowing us to prepare estate planning documents, including a last will and testament, a living will, a health care power of attorney, and a general durable power of attorney, can help your family through a difficult time and ensure your wishes are honored.

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.