Louisiana Lawyers

Personal Injury Law

2439 Manhattan Blvd #103, Harvey, LA 70058, USA

David is one of the co-founding attorneys at Hills, Daniels, & Associates. David was born and raised in New Orleans, LA. At a young age, David knew he wanted to be an attorney after watching his grandmother struggle to find legal support for his family members. Making it his ultimate goal, David became an attorney so his family would no longer have to search. ? David graduated high school at L.W. Higgins High and continued his education at UNO and SUNO. Upon graduating from SUNO, David went on to attend Southern University Law School. With years of experience, David is well versed in many practice areas including Personal injury, Criminal Defense, Estate Planning, Traffic Violation, and Business Formation. Having prepared and negotiated contracts for Large Companies, and Clerking for Judge D. Nicole Shepard in Civil District Court, David started his own law firm, The Daniels Law Firm, which has since merged to form Hills Daniels and Associates.

Civil Litigation

3838 N Causeway Blvd suite 2800, Metairie, LA 70002, USA

As one of the Firm’s named members and its senior partner, David Israel helps manage the Firm’s 10 offices. Using his nearly 40 years of experience, Dave provides guidance to all practice areas with a special focus on consumer defense, employment, business & transactions, commercial litigation, compliance & regulatory and licensing. In cases that have had industry setting precedent, he has earned a national reputation for defending some of the largest collection agencies, debt buyers and their clients in courts throughout the United States. Dave has represented debt collectors and debt buyers before the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and many state Attorneys General, along with protecting client interests before all debt collector and debt buyer licensing jurisdictions. Dave has extensive experience handling employment-related class actions, including wage and hour collective actions throughout the nation, along with matters before every federal and most state agencies that enforce employment laws. Following his graduation from Cornell University’s New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations with a bachelor of sciences degree in labor law, Dave attended Rutgers University Law School and Seton Hall University Law School, receiving his law degree in 1981. Before attending law school, Dave worked as a management labor relations representative for a Fortune 100 company. Since 1981, his practice has always included employment law, representing management interests. Having served for many years on the Commerce Clearing House’s National Human Resources Board, he also worked as an executive committee member of the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division Labor Law Committee. He has been an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. While now part of OutSolve, Dave was a founding member of Pinnacle Affirmative Action Services, one of the nation’s largest preparer of affirmative action plans. Dave was a contributing editor to the journal SHRM Magazine and the Legal Trends editor of the monthly newspaper, HRNews, both published by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and has been a speaker for SHRM’s national conferences and regional seminars. Presenting at many national and regional conferences Dave has been an active member of various trade organizations that represent debt collectors, including the American Collectors Association and the Membership Attorney Program for appointed counsel for debt collectors. He has spoken at the National Association of Attorneys General, along with other state and federal regulators. Dave has been a part-time associate professor at Loyola University’s Graduate Business School in New Orleans, teaching a joint course in the business and law schools. Dave has received recognition in various “best attorney” listings in Louisiana and New Orleans and named a recipient of the national BTI All-Stars Counsel Award, as chosen by corporate counsel for providing outstanding legal services. For many years, he has been an AV Preeminent rated Martindale lawyer being recognized as an attorney that is “ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by . . . [his] peers.”

Personal Injury Law

3501 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA

Corporate and Transactional Law

1 Galleria, Metairie, LA 70001, USA

Mr. Sherman has a multifaceted transactional practice. He represents businesses in all aspects of their business planning including structural planning, tax planning, corporate compliance/operations and negotiating all types of contracts. He handles the sale and acquisition of businesses. Mr. Sherman assists individuals in their business planning, tax planning and estate planning. He also serves as legal counsel to numerous healthcare providers including full service hospitals, surgery/imaging centers and medical practices. Mr. Sherman graduated from the Loyola University School of Law in 1977, where he was a member of its Law Review. In 1978, he received his Masters of Law in Taxation from Boston University. He is a Louisiana Board Certified Tax Attorney and Louisiana Board Certified Estate Planning and Administration Specialist. Mr. Sherman is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and has been awarded the designation of Accredited Estate Planner by the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils.

Family and Divorce Law

30984 LA-16, Denham Springs, LA 70726, USA

I was born in Victoria, TX and subsequently moved to Baton Rouge, LA. I graduated from Istrouma High in 1977 and went straight to work. At the age of 27, I married my husband, John. When I was 34 I had the opportunity of going to college for the first time. I graduated Summa Cum Laude from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1998 and then started at LSU Law School, graduating in 2001. Thereafter I passed the Louisiana State Bar Exam and have been practicing as a solo practitioner ever since, handling mostly family law, juvenile, and criminal matters. In 2004, I adopted my two sons, who are both now Eagle Scouts.