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Travis Broussard is an associate in the Lafayette firm Durio, McGoffin, Stagg & Ackermann. A 2010 honors graduate of Southern University, Travis practices in the area of commercial litigation, with a focus on complex business torts, breach of contract, and business entity litigation. He has tried cases for both Plaintiffs and Defendants, including matters involving shareholder disputes. His business litigation practice has included shareholder and member withdrawals from the company. His commercial litigation practice has included complex commercial paper matters.. Travis is an active member of his state and local bar associations. He is a member of the Leadership LSBA Class 2013-2014 and serves as an ambassador for the LSBA’s diversity and inclusion platform. On the local level, Travis chairs the Lafayette Young Lawyer’s Annual High School Mock trial competition.. Travis was born and raised in Opelousas, LA and returned to the Acadiana area to practice law in April 2011. When he is not practicing law, Travis enjoys giving back to his community through service projects with various local non-profit organizations.

Stuart Gutwein is a partner in the law firm of Bennett Boehning & Clary LLP. He received a Bachelor Degree in Business Management from Purdue University in 2000 and received his law degree from Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, graduating magna cum laude in 2003. Prior to joining BB&C in 2005, Stuart was an Associate in the Business Section at Sommer Barnard PC n/k/a Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. Since joining BB&C Stuart has concentrated his practice in the areas of business entity formation, business and real estate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, emerging companies and private equity. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Indiana State Bar Association, the Tippecanoe County Bar Association and the Greater Lafayette Venture Club. Stuart is a member of the following trade associations – OIA (Outdoor Industry Association), REISA (Real Estate Investment Securities Association) and NMEDA (National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association).

Jeremy A. Hebert, co-managing partner and member of Becker and Hebert, LLC, is a graduate of the University of Mississippi (B.B.A. 1995) and Tulane University School of Law (J.D. 1999). Mr. Hebert has a practice primarily focused on business, commercial and real estate transactions and litigation.. Mr. Hebert is currently admitted to practice in all Louisiana state courts, the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Lafayette Parish Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association and the Louisiana and American Associations for Justice.. Mr. Hebert has a practice that serves local, regional, national and international clients, and encompasses a broad range of financial, corporate, commercial, real estate and business law transactions and litigation. He is a member of the National Association of Dealer Counsel, the Acadiana Mortgage Lenders’ Association, the Louisiana Mortgage Lenders’ Association, the National Association of Mortgage Brokers, the Realtors’ Association of Acadiana, the Acadiana Homebuilders’ Association, the Louisiana Land Title Association, and the Louisiana Bankers Association.. Mr. Hebert is a licensed title insurance producer for the State of Louisiana and for four major title insurance underwriters including Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, Stewart Title Insurance Company and First American Title Insurance Company.. Mr. Hebert was one of several common benefit counsel in the matter entitled In Re: MDL 2179 Oil Spill by the Oil Rig (Deepwater Horizon) and represented hundreds of individual claimants and businesses in the handling of their real estate and business economic loss claims. In the past, he also successfully represented over one hundred individuals and businesses in a mass tort train derailment, chemical exposure and evacuation case.. Since 2016, a significant portion of Mr. Hebert’s practice has involved the representation of one of the fastest growing automotive groups in the southern United States, Southern United Auto Group (), which was established by the partnership of Matthew Bowers of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Franklin McLarty, originally of Little Rock, Arkansas. Due to such representation, Mr. Hebert has handled, as lead counsel for Southern United Auto Group, the formation and structuring of numerous legal entities, the asset acquisitions of existing, and the formation of new, automotive dealerships in the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee, the acquisition of various pieces of real estate, representation before motor vehicle commissions and taxing authorities, negotiations and dealings with major automotive manufacturers and lenders, and overall general counseling for the key principals and various entities comprising Southern United Auto Group, which includes Matt Bowers Chevrolet, Matt Bowers Nissan of New Orleans, Matt Bowers Nissan Eastern Shore, Matt Bowers Ford, Boro Nissan, Boro Mitsubishi and Great Southern Acceptance, a full-service automotive financing company.. Mr. Hebert is also on retainer for and serves in an outside general counsel capacity for small to mid-sized real estate development, construction and brokerage companies advising them on matters including contract negotiations, insurance, Private and Public Works Act issues, project financing, real estate closings, deal structuring, representation before municipal commissions and boards, representation before the Louisiana Contractors’ Licensing Board and the Louisiana Real Estate Commission, and construction and other related litigation.

Hank Perret’s private practice concentrates in business structuring, mergers and acquisitions, contractual rights and commercial litigation.  In addition to handling the purchase or sale of hundreds of companies, he has represented many of Acadiana’s most prominent business leaders, attorneys and judges.

Brian Lindsey is an associate in the Lafayette office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2019 and practices with the offshore energy and marine litigation practice group.. Brian is recognized as a 2018–2021 Rising Star by Louisiana Super Lawyers and Thomson Reuters. He was named a 2018 Top Lawyer by Acadiana Profile.. Prior to practicing law, Brian was an extern for the Hon. Sarah S. Vance, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.. Brian earned his B.S. from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2004. He earned his J.D./D.C.L., magna cum laude, from the LSU Law Center in 2014, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and an associate member of the LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources (2012-2014).. Admitted, Louisiana; Louisiana Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana

Ashar represents and advises clients on a broad range of business, real estate, probate disputes and transactional matters. He represents companies and individuals in high-stakes, complex litigation matters involving financial fraud, class action securities fraud, corporate governance, breach of fiduciary duty, trade secrets, data breaches, defamation, intellectual property, and consumer fraud. He also represents clients in residential and commercial real estate transactions and litigation matters including real estate brokers, nuisance cases, disclosure cases, and boundary line and easement disputes. He has also led major investigations involving financial fraud and regulatory violations. Ashar has served as corporate general counsel for companies, advising them on corporate governance, transactional, regulatory and privacy matters.. Previously Ashar was a Partner at Nossaman, LLP and an associate at Robbin Geller Rudman & Dowd, LLP – both national firms. His previous experiences at PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG as a CPA/Auditor complements his strong business and financial acumen. Ashar also externed with the Honorable John T. Noonan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Honorable John E. Munter of the San Francisco Superior Court, and with Office of the Attorney General for the California Department of Justice. Ashar is a graduate of University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and holds a Bachelor of Science, Accounting from Purdue University.. In 2013, he was an honoree on the Lawyers of Color’s list, which is a comprehensive listing of the nation’s most influential minority attorneys and non-minority legal diversity advocates, including corporate general counsel, law firm managing partners, law school deans, and the highest-ranking government attorneys.. Ashar is fluent in Urdu and Hindi. When he is not working, you can find him spending quality time with his family and volunteering in his community. He is also involved in various charities and serves on the boards of national and local non-profit organizations.. Email:

An analytical thinker with broad background in litigation, creditors’ rights, and contracts, Jason is a knowledgeable and experienced advocate for a wide range of firm clients. Before joining Stuart + Branigin, Jason represented public and private companies in commercial disputes and bankruptcy matters, and served as a county prosecutor.. The core of his practice is in resolving contract disputes on behalf of privately held companies and individuals. Jason’s experience ranges from business ownership and management conflicts to consumer protection defense to property and home construction disputes. He is typically able to resolve disputes before a case must be tried through either mediation or private negotiation; however, as a former prosecutor with substantial courtroom experience, he is also equipped to represent clients at trial or arbitration.. Jason’s contract litigation experience also helps him to guide Indiana businesses navigating a variety of commercial agreements. He provides ongoing counsel to a diversified industrial manufacturer assisting the in-house counsel and interacting with procurement executives to review and negotiate contracts with many domestic and international suppliers.. Firm clients also turn to Jason for representation in creditors’ rights and bankruptcy-related matters. His experience representing lenders, businesses and individuals in Chapter 7, 11, and 13 and bankruptcy litigation matters – and background in management and finance – enable him to identify efficient strategies to recover and preserve assets. Beyond creditors’ rights issues, he also works with banks and credit unions on commercial loan documentation matters.. In addition to his client commitments, Jason serves the Lafayette community as a board director of the Long Center for the Performing Arts and Home with Hope.