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SmithBush, LLP is a Law Firm in Leesville, Louisiana
Client Rating 5.0 / 5.0
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Peer Rating 4.9 / 5.0
337-397-4376

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About This Firm

Making things right for 100 years...and still counting.

The firm today known as SmithBush was founded in 1911 by Fern M. Wood in what was a rural lumber-harvesting settlement called Leesville, Louisiana. Organized at that time to represent laborers against the burgeoning timber industry in the area, its primary focus today remains protecting the interests of workers, their families, and ordinary people from all walks of life. The firm's growth and longevity, however, have allowed it to expand its representation to interests of those beyond the confines of its rural origins.

The members of SmithBush share the belief that our work is fundamentally the pursuit of social justice. We represent regular people who need help. That has been our mission since our founding in 1911, and though our growth and success has broadened the range of matters over which we are asked to help out, our focus has remained the same: achieving justice for workers, families, consumers, patients, and small business owners. By doing so in our current practice, we play a part in promoting safer products and better working conditions; in helping to foster and maintain fair competition; in redressing violations of civil rights of people who cannot otherwise protect themselves; and in protecting our environment for ourselves and those who come after us.

The firm has a highly diversified federal and state trial practice, ranging from complex personal injury litigation to federal securities act claims to death-penalty defense. A substantial portion of the firm's litigation and appellate work originates as referrals from other attorneys. The firm is active in local civic and political interests, and from its members have come numerous judges, city attorneys, police jurors, a state senator, Delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention, and a United States Congressman.

SmithBush has an academic orientation and devotes itself to significant community-development activities and pro bono projects. All of its members perform indigent defense services and accept non-paying civil clients through the CENLA Pro Bono Project, well in excess of the Louisiana and American Bar Associations' aspirational Pro Bono recommendations. This affinity for public service makes the members of the firm particularly sensitive to the needs of its client-base and allows the firm a well-rounded perspective of the legal requirements of the community-at-large.

The clients of SmithBush come from every corridor of life. They are people, most of whom never thought they would need a lawyer, that have been seriously hurt by defective products, industrial accidents, vehicle collisions, financial fraud, unsafe designs, or unfair practices. In some cases, they have been accused of the most serious and life-changing of criminal offenses. SmithBush has represented people in need from judges to business, professional, and sports leaders across the country, from construction laborers to teachers, to working mothers, to the children left behind by the sudden loss of their parents.

Areas of Law

Pro Bono

  • Plaintiff Personal Injury Litigation
  • Select Criminal Defense
  • Federal Practice
  • Civil Litigation
  • Complex and Multi-District Litigation
  • Federal Tort Claims Act
  • Qui Tam Litigation
  • Appellate Practice
  • Catastrophic Injury
  • Wrongful Death
  • Admiralty Law
  • Aviation Law
  • Class Actions
  • Civil Rights Section 1983
  • Constitutional Law
  • Consumer Law
  • Death Penalty
  • Election, Campaign and Political Law
  • Eminent Domain
  • Federal Employers Liability Act
  • Government
  • Jones Act
  • Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Medicare and Medicaid
  • Military Law
  • Municipal Law
  • Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations
  • Premises Liability
  • Products Liability
  • Railroad Law
  • Securities Law
  • Social Security Disability
  • Tribal Law
  • Workers' Compensation Law
  • Zoning, Planning and Land Use.

Contact Information

Mailing Address

SmithBush, LLP
Post Office Drawer 1528,
Leesville, LA 71496-1528

Firm Address

SmithBush, LLP
300 East Courthouse Street, Post Office Drawer 1528,
Leesville, LA 71446-4331
U.S.A.

Phone

337-397-4376

Phone

337.239.2244

Fax

337.239.4186

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Overall Client Rating

in Labor and Employment, Criminal Law and Family Law
5.0 out of 5.0

Communication Ability
5.0
Responsiveness
5.0
Quality of Service
5.0
Value for Money
5.0

  • Data based on 11 reviews
  • Recommended by 10 Clients
  • Last reviewed on 03/23/12
Posted by a Consumer on 03/23/12
Recommended
5.0 out of 5.0
Exactly what we needed. Honest lawyers willing to help
Posted by a Consumer on 11/14/11
Recommended
5.0 out of 5.0
Always easy to talk to, always caring about any situation, and always very helpful.
Posted by a Consumer on 11/09/11
Recommended
5.0 out of 5.0
Integrity, commomsense, intelligence, prompt response, hardworking, and diligence are just a few words to describe this Law Firm. I could not have received better representation from any other firm in this State.

Firm Details

Year Established

1911

Firm Size

13

Payment Information
  • Accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover
  • Free Initial Consultation
  • Fixed Hourly Rates
Languages

English, French and Spanish.

Partnership Information

A Limited Liability Partnership including Professional Corporations

State Bar Summary

All members belong to the Louisiana State Bar Association; some members belong to Federal, Arkansas, and Washington, D.C. Bar Associations, as indicated.

Clients

By far, the largest portion of SmithBush's clients are regular people in trouble, however, when not inconsistent with our primary mission, we will occasionally take institutional clients for a specific matter, usually one that presents a novel legal issue, a Constitutional question, or one that has the potential for setting precedent across a wide spectrum of disputes. Along that vein, SmithBush has represented: AECOM, American Federal Contractors, Inc., American Moving and Storage, Inc., Anacoco-Prairie State Game and Fish Commission, Bayou Gaming, Inc., Delta Leasing Company, Doctors' Hospital at Deer Creek, Lake Oil Company, Pat Williams Construction, Inc., PENE Broadcasting Company, Leesville Community Corporation, Leesville Housing Authority, Leesville Oil Company, Merchants and Farmers Bank and Trust Company, Pynes Chrysler, Inc., Ross Investments, Inc., Sabine River Authority of Louisiana, Scogin Auto Parts, Inc., Shawson Gas Company, SMI Global Mission Support Services, Inc., State of Louisiana, Vernon Hospitality, Inc., Vernon Parish Tourism Commission, Vernon Parish Police Jury and The Vernon Bank.
Office Information
300 East Courthouse Street, Post Office Drawer 1528,
Leesville, LA 71446-4331
U.S.A.
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Office Hours
Monday
08:30 AM- 04:30 PM
Tuesday
08:30 AM- 04:30 PM
Wednesday
08:30 AM- 04:30 PM
Thursday
08:30 AM- 04:30 PM
Friday
08:30 AM- 04:30 PM
Saturday
By appointment
Sunday
By appointment

Other Offices
Alexandria, Louisiana Office: Capital One Bank Tower, Tenth Floor, 934 Third Street, Suite 1003, 71309. Telephone: 318.445.6546. Fax: 337.239.4186. URL: http://www.smithbush.com.
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