At Don A. Rouzan & Associates, we recognize the need to maintain harmony in the family unit.  We also understand the nature of the ills that have taken a toll on our community - poverty, inferior educational opportunities, economic disadvantages and discrimination, unequal treatment in the criminal justice system, and the social inequities that continue to persist after hundreds of years.  We share your experiences.  In addition to the real-world experiences that we share with our clients, we also have the training and experience to effectively handle their family and/or domestic law matters from a shared perspective with a high level of legal acumen.  Our attorneys can assist you in every aspect of your family and/or domestic law case to protect your rights and those of your children. We handle matters including: wills, successions, trusts, divorce, child custody, child support, paternity, interim spousal support, permanent spousal support, alimony, property settlement, and community property disputes.  If you have a family and/or domestic law matter that requires an attorney, call us and we will be strong advocates for your interests.

BEING IN AN ACCIDENT IS TOUGH!

If you have ever been in an accident, you know how painful, stressful, and life-altering such an event can be.  Trying to function in daily life while in pain and having to deal with an insurance company that is unwilling to pay you the money that you deserve can be overwhelming and discouraging.  You can often be driven to accept less money than the amount to which you are entitled simply to make the stress go away.  However, months later you are still in pain and have no where else to turn.  If you have been hurt in an accident that was not your fault, contact us immediately for your free consultation so our legal team can start working on your case.  We have the resources to recover for you the money that you deserve.

WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO GET THE JOB DONE!

The attorneys at Don A. Rouzan & Associates are highly experienced in handling Personal Injury cases and will fight hard for you to receive the financial compensation that you need to be made whole.  Over the many years of our combined law practices, we have gained tremendous experience working both sides of the aisle as plaintiff and defense counsel in the area of personal injury.  This is important because we have gained the ability to thoroughly understand the tactics that insurance companies and lawyers employ to defend against personal injury claims.  We know what to look for during the investigation of our clients' claims and how to develop strong cases for them.  Our experience and knowledge of our opponents puts our clients in the most ideal position to overcome the opposition's many efforts to avoid paying our clients the money that they deserve.  We want you to know that we are one in the same with you and will always have your best interests at heart.  Contact us today for a free consultation.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

As soon as you call us, the case evaluation process begins.  Our intake department will:

  • Ask you detailed questions about your accident to start building your case
  • Once the information is gathered and your case is accepted, you will be assigned your Lawyer and Case Manager
  • Will schedule a time for you to come to our office, or for us to come to your home or work, to complete paperwork
  • Your Lawyer and Case Manager will keep you updated and answer all of the questions that you may have
  • During this time, our investigation team will collect medical documentation and other evidence such as
    • Insurance documents
    • Police reports
    • photographs of the wreck, accident site, and your injuries
    • witness statements
  • Our attorneys will handle the insurance companies and medical providers to get you the money that you deserve!

Among the many governmental agencies that has engaged the Firm's representation, Don A. Rouzan & Associates' attorneys have represented a quasi-public/private railroad company for almost a decade.  Our attorneys have successfully represented this railroad in two major jury trials in 2008 and 2014, receiving Zero-Verdicts on behalf of the railroad on both occasions.  The Firm also serves as Special Counsel to the New Orleans City Council, handling matters ranging from litigation to general counsel and advice.  Moreover, the Firm also represents one of the City's major utility providers in all manner of litigation.  The Firm’s attorneys have experience in public finance, governmental relations, and public economic development.

In addition to our strong litigation practice, the Attorneys at Don A. Rouzan & Associates provide business entity consultation and formation services along with best business practices advice to our clients.  Our business consultation goals are to assist our clients in increasing corporate efficiency by taking advantage of certain economies of scale, new technologies, and financial and marketing practices that greatly improve our clients’ bottom lines.  We have vast experience in contract negotiation and drafting, which is always geared to protect our clients’ legal and financial interests while maximizing company profitability.  Our attorneys are sufficiently talented, experienced, and skilled to provide effective and relevant advices to our business clients in ways that produces successful results at reasonable rates.

The Lawyers at Don A. Rouzan & Associates, LLC provide litigation services, counsel, and advices to our clients, which include many prominent local and state businesses as well as national business entities.  Our litigators possess the talent, experience, and skill necessary to provide first-rate litigation services to our clients in an efficient manner that produces successful results at reasonable rates.  We are experienced in a wide variety of substantive areas.

Our litigators have vast experience in both the public and private sectors, which provides us the know-how and negotiating skills necessary to frequently resolve matters early in the litigation process, or often times, before it begins.

The Firm’s Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group litigators practice in all Louisiana state and federal courts, along with regional and other courts throughout the country.  Moreover, we represent clients before a variety of state and federal agencies in addition to our significant experience with alternative dispute resolution.  We are vastly experienced in both mediation and arbitration.  Our attorneys have utilized alternative dispute resolution methods before the American Bar Association and several other arbitration panels.

A large part of our success at Rouzan & Associates derives from our meticulous preparation and experience developing cases for trial and our first-rate execution at trial.  However, it is always our goal to pursue a litigation avoidance strategy where it is in the best legal and economic interests of our clients.  Since each client and matter is different, our practice requires that we become both individually and collectively vested in fully understanding and appreciating the risks and rewards of every litigation strategy for every matter.  The litigation attorneys at Rouzan & Associates are committed to becoming the best informed and reasoned advocates for our clients’ interests, because only by doing so do we attain the positive results that our clients demand.