Decades of Combined Legal Experience
The Louisiana attorneys of Carleton Shoenfelt & Chapman, have decades of cumulative legal experience and are true trial lawyers. We attend trials regularly and provide the winning edge that effective trial advocacy brings to any legal dispute.
Practice Areas
What makes property division contentious?
Few personal processes are more complicated than divorce. This process involves people, their feelings and fears, and their joint assets, and few people come out happy. Most divorces also involve contentious property division of marital assets. These are the reasons...
The importance of employment contracts for smaller companies
An employment contract refers to the understanding of things such as job responsibilities, duration of employment and pay rate between an employer and an employee. Many employers have new hires sign a contract for various reasons when they come on board. Here are some...
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Resourceful Representation
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Focused on Your Case
At Carleton Shoenfelt & Chapman, we promise that an experienced attorney will always be dedicated to your case. However, we often consult with other members of our legal team. Our approach ensures that clients receive the benefits both of single-attorney commitment and the legal knowledge of a larger attorney team with comprehensive experience.
We Know That Reasonable Legal Costs Are Also a Priority
We keep costs low by focusing on the case result from the beginning of each case. By focusing on the outcome, not on increasing the fees and overstaffing cases, we have earned a long-term reputation for cost-effective results. At Carleton Shoenfelt & Chapman, our clients receive our commitment and collaboration at a reasonable cost.