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Areas of Practice:

  • Oil and Gas
  • Real Estate
  • Collections and Creditor Rights
  • Successions
  • Business and Corporate Law

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

W.  Lake  Hearne 
Shreveport, Louisiana
Special Counsel, since 2008
318-227-7733
318-213-0571 fax
lake.hearne@cookyancey.com
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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.  He is rated BV Distinguished by Martindale-Hubbell.

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


Honors and Awards:
American Jurisprudence, Contracts


Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • Shreveport Bar Association
  • Ark-La-Tex Association of Professional Landmen
  • Shreveport Bar Association
    Pro Bono Project

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Shreveport, LA 71101

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Shreveport, LA 71120
Phone: 318-221-6277

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Founded in 1914, the Shreveport law firm of Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway represents business and individual clients in Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, including Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish, Lincoln Parish, Rapides Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Lafayette Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, Orleans Parish, Bossier City, Monroe, Ruston, Alexandria, Natchitoches, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Texarkana.