Family Law

• Divorce
• Child Custody and Visitation
• Adoption
• Paternity
• Premarital Agreement
  We handle a full range of family law cases, including adoption, divorce, custody, support, community property, premarital agreements, and paternity.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  H.(1) When any person’s driver’s license has been seized, suspended, or revoked, and the seizure, suspension, or revocation is connected to a charge or charges of violation of a criminal law, and the charge or charges do not result in a conviction, plea of guilty, or bond forfeiture, the person charged shall have his license immediately reinstated and shall not be required to pay any reinstatement fee if at the time for reinstatement of driver’s license, it can be shown that the criminal charges have been dismissed or that there has been a permanent refusal to charge a crime by the appropriate prosecutor or there has been an acquittal. If, however, at the time for reinstatement, the licensee has pending against him criminal charges arising from the arrest which led to his suspension or revocation of driver’s license, the reinstatement fee shall be collected. Upon subsequent proof of final dismissal or acquittal, other than under Article 893 or 894 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the licensee shall be entitled to a reimbursement of the reinstatement fee previously paid. In no event shall exemption from this reinstatement fee or reimbursement of a reinstatement fee affect the validity of the underlying suspension or revocation.
• DUI/DWI
  Print out and place this page in your glove box to be prepared in the event you are ever stopped for drunk driving by the police in Louisiana.
• Misdemeanors
  There will typically be two separate offenses attached to all Louisiana DWI arrests: one is a civil suit and involves your driver’s license, while the other is the criminal offense of DUI or DWI, a misdemeanor in most cases, but a felony under certain circumstances. Both the civil and criminal cases are very technical, which is why it’s important to be represented by a Louisiana DWI firm that focuses their practice on DWI Defense.
• Probation Violation
• Homicide
  (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, on a conviction of a second offense when the first offense was for the crime of vehicular homicide in violation of R.S. 14:32.1, or first degree vehicular negligent injuring in violation of R.S. 14:39.2, the offender shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years, and shall be fined two thousand dollars. At least six months of the sentence of imprisonment imposed shall be without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. Imposition or execution of the remainder of the sentence shall not be suspended unless the provisions of Subparagraph (1)(a) or (b) of this Subsection are complied with.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Arlene C. Edwards is our firm’s family law attorney and also practices Civil Litigation, and Personal Injury Law.