Attorney Profiles

W. Lake Hearne 
Shreveport, Louisiana
Special Counsel, since 2008
phone (318) 221-6277
fax (318) 227-7850
email lake.hearne@cookyancey.com

Mr. Hearne practices primarily in the areas of Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Creditor's Rights.  He received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge Louisiana in 1978 with a B. A. in English.  He earned his law degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he was on the Louisiana Law Review and received the Am Jur Award in Contracts.  A member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Mr. Hearne is active in the Shreveport Bar Pro Bono Project.

Areas of Practice:
Oil and Gas
Real Estate
Creditors Rights
Bar Admissions:
Louisiana, 1981
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1981
U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1981
U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1981
U.S. Supreme Court, 1990
Education:
Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1981
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Law Review


Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1978
B.A., Bachelor of Arts


Published Works:
Community Ownership of Immovables: Bond For Deed Contracts Louisiana Law Review, Vol. 41, 1980


Representative Cases:
Matter of Howe, 913 F.2d 1138 (C.A.5 (La.) 1990)
Ken Lawler Builders, Inc. v. Delaney, 837 So.2d 1 (La.App. 2 Cir. 2002)
Beckham v. Hibernia National Bank, 665 So. 2d 706 (La. App. 2nd Cir. 1995)
Fairfield Development Co. v. Jackson, 438 So.2d 664 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1983)
Gannett River States Pub. v. Hussey, 557 So.2d 1154 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1990)
Roberts v. Louisiana Bank & Trust Co., Inc., 550 So.2d 809 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1989)
Representative Clients:
Southern Home Builders, Inc.
LP Development, LLC
Rodessa Oil and Land Company
A & L Energy, Inc.
Honors and Awards:
American Jurisprudence, Contracts


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Louisiana State Bar Association


Shreveport Bar Association
Pro Bono Project
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