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Melissa LeGrand Benoit, is a Partner attorney currently litigating family law, offshore injury, personal injury and insurance defense cases. Melissa has a Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University Law School. While at Tulane she was a member of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal, Phi Alpha Delta, the Tulane Inn of Court, the Business Law Society and the Tulane Entertainment and Arts Law Society. She is a cum laude Political Science and French graduate from Centenary College of Louisiana, in Shreveport, Louisiana. While at Centenary she was honored as a member of Pi Sigma Alpha and the Dean's List and participated in the Pre-Law Society.  She is a Louisiana native and a graduate of Caddo Parish Magnet High School in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Before joining the firm she served as a Legal Intern for United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Judge Carl E. Stewart and the Legal Services of North Louisiana, Inc. in Shreveport.  She is a member of the Cross-Roads Inn of Court and the Alexandria Bar Association.

Telephone: (318) 542-4102

 

Melissa Benoit
Partner
Email: melissa@hesserlaw.com

Practice Areas: Family Law; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Community Property Law; Jones Act; Spousal Support; Maritime Personal Injury; Alimony; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Wrongful Death; Child Custody; Adoption Law; Insurance Defense; Child Support; Wills; Successions.

Admitted: 2007, Louisiana

Law School: Tulane University, J.D., 2007

College: Centenary College, B.A., Political Science/French, cum laude, 2004

Member: Alexandria and Louisiana State Bar Association; American Inn of Court, Alexandria.

Biography: Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Tulane Environmental Law Journal; Tulane Inn of Court; Business Law Society; Tulane Entertainment and Arts Law Society. Legal Intern: Judge Carl E. Stewart, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; Legal Services of North Louisiana, Inc. (Also at Shreveport Office)

Languages: French.

Born: Shreveport, Louisiana

ISLN: 919629705

 
 

Louisiana Offices:

Alexandria: (318) 542-4102

Shreveport: (318) 866-2432

Email: melissa@hesserlaw.com

 
 
Managing partner, David Hesser is a Board Certified Family Law Specialist by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization.  

Our firm provides legal services for Louisiana and Texas.  Melissa Benoit is licensed in Louisiana and is not licensed in Texas.  For cases outside of Louisiana or Texas additional counsel are associated to assist with the case.  David C. Hesser practices law as a professional law corporation. Mr. Hesser is admitted to practice in Louisiana and Texas. Unless otherwise noted, lawyers are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.