The commitment of The Smitherman Law Firm, L.C., is to serve its clients' needs in a professional, efficient, and responsive manner with the highest degree of personal involvement, competence, creativity, and initiative. Founded in 1922 by James E. Smitherman and his brother, David E. Smitherman, the Firm has a tradition of providing a complete spectrum of civil legal services, while devoting individual attention to every client. The Firm is rated “AV” by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (the highest rating granted for legal ability and general recommendations) and enjoys a superior reputation among the legal profession, the judiciary, and its clients. While the main office is in Shreveport, Louisiana, it has a satellite office in Bossier City, Louisiana. The Firm has a client base of individuals, privately- and publicly-owned businesses, and lending institutions. Its members have expertise in law related to business organizations, including but not limited to, tax credit financing, tax credit development, mixed-finance development; mergers and acquisitions; personal injury and wrongful death; trucking accidents; medical malpractice; construction law; employment law; oil, gas and mineral rights; real estate development and financing; banking; bankruptcy; creditors' rights; family law; securities; taxation; estate planning; wills, successions and trusts; landlord and tenant law; and contracts. The Firm handles a variety of civil litigation in municipal, state, and federal courts, and represents clients in transactions throughout the United States and overseas..
- Collections
- Bankruptcy
- Family Law
- Medical Malpractice
- Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Trucking Accidents
- Estate Planning
- Wills
- Trusts
- Probate
- Corporate
- Creditors Rights
- General Civil Practice
- Housing Law
- Oil and Gas
- Real Estate and Real Estate Development
- Securities and Syndication Law
- Taxation