John is a trial lawyer with his primary areas being construction law, oil & gas litigation, commercial and business litigation, and trust and probate disputes. However, John’s principal practice is construction and development. John represents several local contractors, developers, and owners in construction projects and disputes including contract default and terminations disputes, defective workmanship claims, surety bond claims, payment claims (including Private and Public Works Act liens), delay claims, and the preparation, negotiation, and review of construction contracts (including AIA contracts). John’s success in construction law has been recognized by his peers, having received the designation of  “Rising Star” in Construction Litigation by Super Lawyers.

John’s oil & gas practice is primarily litigation focused on disputes over the existence of mineral leases and servitudes, royalty payments, and oil & gas related breach of contract claims. However, John also assists landowners and small operators with resolving title and surface and sub-surface right issues.

Finally, John also represents clients in commercial and business disputes concerning the ownership and management of companies, breach of contract and fraud claims, disputes involving wills, trusts, and successions, and select personal injury and medical malpractice claims.

John received his bachelor’s in criminal justice from Louisiana State University in Shreveport in 2016. He graduated with his law degree from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU in Baton Rouge. While attending Paul M. Hebert law school, John ranked first place in the intra-school Opening Statement Competition, ranked Top Ten oralist in the Flory Trial Competition and in the Tullis Moot Court Competition, was a member of the Board of Advocates, and competed nationally in trial and moot court competitions. John’s previous experience includes work at the Caddo Parish Public Defenders Office where he tried six jury trials and numerous bench trials obtaining several not guilty and responsive verdicts in the process. Next, John joined a firm in Lafayette as an associate handling matters related to insurance, personal injury, partnerships, civil service and construction law. John later returned home to Shreveport and worked at a local oil & gas law firm before joining our firm as an associate. John is currently licensed to practice in Louisiana and the United States District Courts for the Western, Middle, and Eastern District of Louisiana and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal.