About B. Thomas

Meet Tom Shea, a devoted family law legal professional based in Southwest Louisiana, with a focus on divorce, toddler custody, and extra.

Tom Shea is a pretty skilled family law legal professional based totally in Lake Charles, Louisiana. With a passion for assisting people navigate tough family regulation problems, Tom based Tom Shea Family Law, LLC in 2017. His exercise is solely focused on family regulation subjects, together with divorce, community property, infant custody, infant assist, spousal assist, relocations, changes, contempt, and other enforcement movements.

Tom has efficiently handled severa family regulation cases on the district court degree and has litigated instances at both the Third Circuit Court of Appeal and the Louisiana Supreme Court. He by and large practices in Calcasieu Parish and its surrounding areas, including Beauregard, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis.

Originally from Northampton, Massachusetts, Tom attended Ithaca College, in which he studied business and writing. Graduating summa cum laude and as Valedictorian from the School of Business in 2006, Tom then pursued a regulation degree at LSU Law School in Baton Rouge. During his time at LSU Law, Tom co-founded the International Law Society, worked as a guides intern at the LSU Press, and turned into concerned in writing and enhancing LSU Law’s annual “Assault and Flattery” comedy display.

After graduating from law school in 2010, Tom moved to Lake Charles and commenced operating as an associate legal professional at The Sanchez Law Office. He is an active member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association, where he has held leadership positions, consisting of President of the SWLA Bar Association Family Law Section and treasurer of the SWLA Bar Association Young Lawyers Section.

In addition to his criminal exercise, Tom is currently pursuing an LLM in Taxation via the Graduate Tax Program at Villanova University. With his willpower to his clients and his commitment to the legal profession, Tom Shea is a relied on recommend for people dealing with circle of relatives law challenges in Southwest Louisiana.

Education

Villanova University School of Law

LL.M. (2018) | Tax

2016

Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University

J.D. (2010) | Law

2007

Ithaca College

B.S. (2006) | Business

2002

Experience

Solo-practioner

Tom Shea Family Law, LLC
2017

Associate

The Sanchez Law Office, LLC
2010

Accepted Jurisdictions

Louisiana

Professional Associations

Louisiana State Bar Association

has membership Current

Southwest Louisiana Bar Association - Family Law Section

President 2017 - Current

Southwest Louisiana Bar Association - Young Lawyer Section

Treasurer 2016 - Current

Southwest Louisiana Bar Foundation

Board has membership 2016 - Current

Office Locations

Main Office

 1 Lakeshore Drive, Suite 1720 Lake Charles LA 70629