Shreveport Family Law and Business Attorneys

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Business Formation and Transactions

Our business lawyers represent manufacturers, service businesses, holding companies, car dealerships, property management companies, and high-net-worth individuals in forming their businesses and in transactions ranging from assistance with small bank loans to multimillion-dollar mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.

Commercial, Oil & Gas Litigation

Our commercial litigation attorneys will work to find the most beneficial resolution of any business dispute through negotiation, alternative dispute resolution or, if necessary, trial of the matter. If you are involved in issues regarding oil and gas drilling rights, we experienced and effective assistance.

Commercial Real Estate

Buyers and sellers of commercial real estate require a high degree of due diligence on matters that could affect business use of the property, such as hazardous waste from a prior owner and zoning for the intended commercial use.

Insurance and Medical Malpractice Defense

Our insurance defense lawyers do more than represent insurance companies, businesses, and health care providers when they are sued. We also partner with our clients to help manage and avoid litigation costs.

Collections and Bankruptcy

Filing business bankruptcy is not something you want to do except as a last resort. Our lawyers have extensive business experience and can help you explore options short of bankruptcy to resolve your financial issues. If bankruptcy is your only option, our lawyers can help you file the type of bankruptcy — Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy or Chapter 11 business reorganization — that is best suited for your business.

Family Law

Our family law attorneys help clients with matters such as premarital agreements, paternity actions, and adoptions. We are certified in family law mediation, which is a means of alternative dispute resolution.

Divorce

Our lawyers understand that extended litigation should be a last alternative in resolving a divorce. Therefore, we work to achieve your goals with the least financial and emotional expense to you. However, in those instances where an amicable resolution can not be achieved, our attorneys have the experience and the resources to pursue your interest throughout the discovery, trial and post-trial enforcement stages.

Child Custody and Support

Over the last 10 years, Louisiana law has been moving in the direction of equal parenting rights and providing as much parenting time to each party as possible. In a shared custody arrangement, both parents would have equal amounts of time with the children, but one parent would in most instances have primary custody for decisions affecting children. Generally, the support is set according to the Louisiana Child Support Guidelines.

Spousal Support

The law limits alimony or spousal support to one third of the payer's net income, and it can change if the financial circumstances of either party change. Alimony terminates if either party dies, the party receiving it remarries or lives with another person in the manner of being married (known as open concubinage), or a party becomes unable to pay it.

Elder Law

Our attorneys help clients preserve their assets while planning for good quality care in a nursing home or long-term assisted living facility.

Trusts & Estate Planning

A good estate plan is going to involve trusts, powers of attorney, and nonprobate assets such as IRAs, life insurance policies, and annuities. It is going to consider the needs of your family after you are gone.

Succession and Probate

Probate proceedings are called successions in Louisiana. Our probate attorneys represent executors and heirs throughout the probate/succession process of submitting a will to a probate court, paying legitimate bills, and distributing the assets of a deceased person's estate to heirs and beneficiaries.

Personal Injury

Our lawyers have a great deal of expertise in maximizing the amount of your insurance recovery for a personal injury claim. For example, if the person who injured you does not have enough insurance to cover your damages, our lawyers may be able to uncover additional sources of recovery to help you receive full compensation.

Education Law

Our lawyers regularly represent members of the Caddo Federation of Teachers and other teacher unions in matters such as tenure hearings, disciplinary hearings, termination hearings, and grievances.

Appellate Advocacy

Our appellate attorneys have successfully argued and briefed cases before Louisiana and federal appeals courts. We have extensive experience in writ applications, applications for rehearing, brief writing, and oral arguments at the Louisiana Courts of Appeal, Louisiana Supreme Court, and the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Free initial consultation: Contact the family law and business attorneys at Weems, Schimpf, Gilsoul, Haines, Landry & Carmouche (APLC).