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David C. Hesser

Managing Partner

David C. Hesser

Law Offices of
David C. Hesser, L.L.P.
2820 Jackson Street
Alexandria, Louisiana 71301
(Rapides Parish)

Telephone: (318) 542-4102
Telephone: Toll Free: (866) 206-6740
Fax: (318) 442-4105
http://www.hesserlaw.com

Visibility Rankings
#2 out of 323 lawyers in Alexandria, Louisiana
#1,116 out of 892,086 total lawyers Overall

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Experience & Credentials

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Practice Areas	Family Law; Child Custody; Community Property Law; Maritime Injuries; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Oil and Gas Law; Mediation; Collaborative Family Law; Divorce; Domestic Relations; Personal Injury; Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA); Products Liability; Cruise Ship Injuries; Jones Act; Maritime Personal Injury; Seamens Claims; Alimony; Military Divorce; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Head Injury; Sexual Abuse; Wrongful Death; Oil and Gas Leasing; Insurance Defense; Premises Liability; Marital Property Law; Boating Accidents; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Natural Gas Contracts

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Education	University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, J.D., 1994; Tulane University Law School, LL.M., Admiralty, 1998, Centenary College, B.A., in Economics, 1991

Admitted	1994, Louisiana; 2006, Texas; U.S. District Courts, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Memberships	Louisiana State, Federal, Alexandria and Shreveport Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; American Inn of Court of Alexandria; International Academy of Collaborative Professionals; and Alexandria Rotary Club.

Born	Bossier City, Louisiana, 1968

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; Univ. of LA; Southern Univ.; 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.(Also at Shreveport Office) (Board Certified Family Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization)

Reported Cases	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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