Practice Areas - Family Law
- Child Custody
- Community Property Law
- Maritime Injuries
- Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Mediation
- Divorce
- Domestic Relations
- Personal Injury
- Federal Employers Liability Act
- Products Liability
- Cruise Ship Injuries
- Collaborative Family Law
- Jones Act
- Felonies
| - Maritime Personal Injury
- Seamens Claims
- Alimony
- Military Divorce
- Automobile Accidents and Injuries
- Head Injury
- Sexual Abuse
- Wrongful Death
- Insurance Defense
- Premises Liability
- Marital Property Law
- Plaintiffs Personal Injury
- Criminal Law
- DUI/DWI
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| Contact Info | Telephone: (318) 542-4102
Telephone: Toll Free: (866) 206-6740
Fax: (318) 442-4105
http://www.hesserlaw.com
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| University | Centenary College, B.A., in Economics, 1991 |
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| Law School | University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, J.D., 1994; Tulane University Law School, LL.M., Admiralty, 1998 |
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| Admitted | 1994, Louisiana; 2006, Texas; U.S. District Courts, Middle, Eastern and Western District of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit |
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| Memberships | Louisiana State, Federal, Alexandria and Shreveport Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; The Crossroads American Inn of Court of Alexandria-Pineville; International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. |
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| Born | Bossier City, Louisiana, 1968 |
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| Biography | Delta Theta Phi. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award-Civil Procedure; Top Paper, First Amendment Seminar. Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts (IDFA). Co-Author: "Forensic Accounting in Matrimonial Divorce," 2005; "Team Mediation," Pepperdine Univ. Law School Dispute Resolution Journal. CLE Speaker for family law, collaborative and admiralty law: Loyola Univ. Law School; LSUS; ULM; Southern; LSU Law Center; and Pro Bono Project. Filed Louisiana's first successful collaborative divorce. Member: Permanent Review Board, sexual abuse allegations, Catholic Diocese of Alexandria. (Board Certified Family Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization)
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| Reported Cases | D.R.S. v. L.E.K., 33 So.3d 428, 2009-1274 (La. App. 3 Cir. 3/10/10) Writ Denied (La. 4/30/10), setting the standard for religion in custody disputes; Lea v. Sanders, 890 So.2d 764, 2004-762 (La. App. 3 Cir. 12/22/04), setting the standard in LA for Shared Custody; Walk Haydel and Assoc., Inc., v. Coastal Power Prod. Co., 934 F. Supp. 209 (E.D. La. 1996); Pulver v. 1st Lake Properties, Inc., 96-248 (La. App. 5th Cir. 9/18/96), 681 So.2d 965; Arnette v. NPC Services, Inc., (La. App. 1st Cir. 9/28/01) 809 So.2d 384; Latin Am. Energy Dev. Inc., v. Vague 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8120 (E.D. La. 1996); Walk Haydel and Assoc., Inc. v. Coastal Power Production Co., 98-CA-0193 (La. App. 4th Cir. 9/30/98) 720 So.2d 372; Argument at Trial set standard for enforcement of mediation agreements; Bush v. Diamond Offshore Co., 1999 WL 33236363 (E.D. La. 1999). |
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| ISLN | 913991273 |
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