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333 Texas Street, Suite 2350, P.O. Box 21990
Shreveport, Louisiana 71120-1990 (Caddo Parish)
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(Main Office) Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Practice. Trials and Appellate Practice. Trust and Probate. Estate Planning, Corporations, Federal and State Taxation, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Construction, Administrative, Employment, Environmental, Municipal and Zoning Law, Bankruptcy, Insurance Defense. Year Established: 1932
Firm Size: 15
Representative Clients:Banking and Financial: Bancorp South
Capital One
Case New Holland, Inc.
CNH Capital America L.L.C.
Diversified Financial Services, LLC
First Tower Loan, Inc.
Ford Motor Credit Corp
New Holland Credit Company, L.L.C.
Louisiana Ag Credit, PCA
Regions Bank
Sabine State Bank. Construction: Integrity, Inc. Industrial: Aeropres Corporation
Cellxion, L.L.C.
McElroy Metal Mill, Inc. Insurance: Keith D. Peterson and Co., Inc.
Kilpatrick Life Insurance Company
LUBA Casualty Insurance Company
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Progressive Insurance Company
American Modern Insurance Group. Oil and Gas: Caruthers Producing Co., Inc.
Palmer Petroleum, Inc.
Smith Oil Company
Three Sisters Petroleum, Inc. Public Agencies: Caddo Parish School Board
Caddo Parish Sheriff. Public Finance: Caddo Parish Law Enforcement District. Real Estate Development: Sealy and Company, Inc.
Vintage Realty Company. Retail Companies: Bluebird Wireless Broadband Services, L.L.C.
Budget PrePay, Inc.
Dean Foods Company. Other: Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana, Inc.
Evangeline Downs
Explo Systems, Inc.
Med-Data Management, Inc.
Morris and Dickson Co. Ltd.
Murphy Bonded Warehouse, Inc.
State Fair of Louisiana
True Turn Machine, L.L.C.
USA Truck, Inc.
Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries, Inc.
Jacques L. Wiener (1909-1988).
John M. Madison, Jr. (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, December 14, 1941; admitted to bar, 1969, Louisiana. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1964); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1969). Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1968-1969. Law Clerk, Chief U.S. District Judge, Western District of Louisiana, 1969-1970. Member: Shreveport (President, 1992), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Harry v. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz American Inn of Court (Master). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Construction Law; Business Law.Email: John M. Madison, Jr.
James R. Madison (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, January 5, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Louisiana. Education: Washington and Lee University (B.A., cum laude, 1968); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1974). Phi Alpha Delta. Semi-Finalist, R.E. Tullis Moot Court Competition, 1973-1974. Law Clerk, Senior U.S. District Judge, Western District of Louisiana, 1974-1975. Member: Shreveport, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Business Law; Disability Insurance; Oil and Gas; Contracts.Email: James R. Madison
Allen P. Jones (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, October 16, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1978; J.D., 1981); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1982). Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma. Author: "Attorney's Fees: A New Risk in Payment Under Protest Suits," 40 Louisiana Law Review 828, 1980. Member: Shreveport, Louisiana State (Chairman, Section on Real Property, Probate and Trusts, 1991-1992; Member, Estate Planning and Administration Advisory Commission, 1995-1998 and Tax Law Advisory Commission, 1999-2002, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization) and American Bar Associations. (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist and Estate Planning and Administration Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Commercial Transactions; Business Law; Real Estate.Email: Allen P. Jones
Jeffrey W. Weiss (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, June 26, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., summa cum laude, 1986). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Tulane University Law Review, 1984-1986. Member: Shreveport, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Real Estate; Business Law; Employment Law; Environmental Law; Trusts and Estates; Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas.Email: Jeffrey W. Weiss
R. Joseph Naus (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, August 22, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Member, Bankruptcy Advisory Rules Committee, United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Louisiana. Member: Shreveport, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business Law; Collection Law; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: R. Joseph Naus
Donald B. Wiener (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, October 5, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1984); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1988). Member, Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1986-1988. Member: Shreveport, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Finance; Real Estate; Oil and Gas; Business Law.Email: Donald B. Wiener
M. Allyn Stroud (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, September 2, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1982-1984. Author: "Administrative Law - Freedom of Information Act-Law Enforcement Exemption May Prevent Disclosure of Records Not Compiled for Law Enforcement Purposes," 57 Tul. L. Rev. 1564 (1983). Law Clerk to: Justice Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., Louisiana Supreme Court, 1987-1989; U.S. Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne, Western District of Louisiana, 1994-1997. Member: Shreveport, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Bankruptcy; Zoning Law; Appellate Practice.Email: M. Allyn Stroud
John S. Hodge (Member) born New Iberia, Louisiana, September 27, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle District of Louisiana; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1985; J.D., 1988). Recipient, Arthur Young Outstanding Petroleum Accounting Award; American Jurisprudence Award for Corporations. Panel Trustee, Bankruptcy Court, W.D. of Louisiana, 2002. Member: Louisiana State and American (Member, Section on Business Law) Bar Associations; Harry v. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz American Inn of Court (Master). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Litigation.Email: John S. Hodge
John M. Frazier (Member) born Minden, Louisiana, October 20, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University; Louisiana State University (J.D., 1976). Recipient, Professionalism Award, Shreveport Bar Association, 2008. Member: Shreveport (President, 2006), Louisiana State (Board of Governors, 2000-2003; House of Delegates, 2007; Nominating Committee, 2004, 2006, 2009) and American Bar Associations; Shreveport Bar Foundation (President 2007-2009). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Business Law; Business Transactions; Creditor Bankruptcy; Litigation; Banking; Mineral Law.Email: John M. Frazier
Cliffe C. Laborde, III (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, October 14, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana; 1988, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.S., 1984); Georgetown University (J.D., 1987). Phi Eta Sigma; Beta Gamma Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa. Scholar, Louisiana State University Alumni Federation. Member: Shreveport and Louisiana State Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Real Estate; Business Law; Commercial Contracts; Estate Planning; Probate.Email: Cliffe C. Laborde, III
Geoffrey D. Westmoreland (Member) born Asheville, North Carolina, August 20, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Rhodes College (1990); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1995). Order of the Coif. Louisiana Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Tom Stagg, U.S. District Judge, Western District of Louisiana, 1995-1997. Member: Louisiana Land Title Associates; American Land Title Associates. Member: Shreveport, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Commercial and Industrial Real Estate Transactions; Real Estate Development; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Commercial and Personal Collections.Email: Geoffrey D. Westmoreland
Layne Andrew Clark, Jr. (Member) born Ruston, Louisiana, November 10, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University and A. and M. College (B.A., History, 1992; J.D., 1995). Phi Alpha Theta. Notary Public, Bossier Parish. Member: Shreveport (Board Member and President, 2000, Young Lawyer's Section) and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Shreveport Bar Foundation (Treasurer; Board of Directors); Harry v. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability; Premises Liability; Personal Injury Defense; Workers Compensation Defense; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: Layne Andrew Clark, Jr.
Frank H. Spruiell, Jr. (Member) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi, May 14, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana; 1996, Texas; U.S. District Court, Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.S., 1979), Louisiana State University (J.D. 1982). Order of the Coif; Harry v. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; General Casualty; Insurance; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Frank H. Spruiell, Jr.
Laura Peterson Butler (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, October 24, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas; 1995, Virginia; 2003, Louisiana. Education: Duke University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., with honors, 1981). Director, Legal Research Board, University of Texas School of Law, 1980-1981. Member: Shreveport (Treasurer, 2009-2010) and Louisiana State Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Estate Planning Council of Shreveport; Harry v. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz American Inn of Court; Financial Planning Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Successions; Business Planning; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations.Email: Laura Peterson Butler
Amanda E. Waddell (Associate) born Shreveport, Louisiana, June 25, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., Business Administration, cum laude, 2001; J.D., 2005). Member: Shreveport and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Amanda E. Waddell
Kathryn Maxwell Smitherman (Associate) born Monroe, Louisiana, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 2003; J.D., 2006). Member: Shreveport and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Harry V. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Commercial Transactions; Successions; Commercial Collections.Email: Kathryn Maxwell Smitherman
OF COUNSELDonald P. Weiss (Of Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, May 19, 1934; admitted to bar, 1961, Louisiana. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1955); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1961). Order of the Coif; Beta Gamma Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1959-1961. Member: Shreveport, Louisiana State (Member, 1962 and Chairman, 1965-1966, Taxation Section) and American Bar Associations; International Academy of Estate and Trust Law; American Bar Foundation; Louisiana Bar Foundation. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Oil and Gas; Business Law.Email: Donald P. Weiss
Armand L. Roos (Of Counsel) born Shreveport, Louisiana, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (J.D., 1975). Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Louisiana Bar Foundation. Member: Shreveport (Member, Executive Committee, 1996-1999; President, Young Lawyers Section, 1982-1983), Louisiana State (Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Program Committee, 1986-1988; Member, Lawyers Specialization Committee, 2000-2004) Bar Associations; Estate and Tax Planning Council of Shreveport (President, 1992-1993); National Association of Estate Planners (Past Board Member); Association of Attorney-Mediators. (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Estate Planning and Administration Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization) (Accredited Estate Planner, National Association of Estate Planners). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Successions; Business Planning; Transactions; Real Estate; Mediation.Email: Armand L. Roos
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