Perkins & Associates Attorneys at Law

Our Litigation and Defense Attorneys and Staff

Mark A. Perkins

Primary Areas of Practice: Commercial Litigation, Workers' Compensation Defense, Insurance Defense, Consumer Transactions and Redhibition, Trucking Industry Defense and Employment Related Defense.

Mark was born in 1962 in Monroe, Louisiana. He graduated in 1983 from Northeast Louisiana University (magna cum laude) in journalism.

In 1987, he graduated from Paul M. Hebert Law School at LSU Baton Rouge and was admitted to the practice of law in 1987.

Mark worked for the Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office for four and one-half years as a Felony Assistant and as a Section Chief, litigating hundreds of bench and jury trials.

Between 1992 and 1998, as a shareholder at the firm of Weems, Schimpf, Hayter, Gilsoul & Carmouche, Mark was actively involved in the development of the insurance and employment defense section. After six and one-half years with the Weems firm, he left to form his own defense practice.

Mark is licensed in the States of Louisiana and Texas which qualifies him to practice in all parishes of Louisiana and all counties of Texas; however he focuses his practice area within 150 - 200 miles from Shreveport, Louisiana. Because Shreveport is only twenty minutes from East Texas, he can cost effectively represent clients in several counties of Northeast Texas.

Mark is a member of Federal Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana, the Texas Bar Association and Federal Eastern District of Texas, the Federal Fifth District Court of Appeal and the United States Supreme Court, Shreveport Bar Association, and the American Bar Association (employment and litigation sections), Louisiana Bar Association (employment section), Defense Research Institute, Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Trucking Insurance Defense Association, Transportation Lawyers Association, and the Louisiana Motor Transit Association. He is a former member of the Louisiana Association of District Attorneys.

Mark has conducted numerous training seminars for small businesses, industrial relations associations and human resource managers on preventing and defending harassment and discrimination claims. He has also defended many complex litigation claims, particularly trucking related claims.

Mark resides in Shreveport with his wife, Joan Guillot Perkins. Their twin daughters, Erica and Jessica, completed college in May, 2009. Erica is married to Michael Rhodes and they live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Jessica is married to David Elston and they live in Boston, Massachusettes.

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Christopher Baker

Primary Areas of Practice: Insurance Defense, Consumer Transactions and Redhibition, Trucking Industry Defense, Realtor Professional Liability Defense.

Chris was born in Vivian, Louisiana in 1975 and graduated from Louisiana State University in Shreveport with a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science. He attended Regent University School of Law in Virginia where he served as both President of the Federalist Society and Managing Editor of the Regent Journal of Law and Public Policy.

Throughout law school, Chris worked as a law clerk for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a conservative legal organization focusing on constitutional and religious liberties. After receiving his J.D. in 2009, he continued as an Associate with the ACLJ in Washington, D.C. involved with issues including international and domestic policy, free speech, free exercise, 2nd Amendment rights, and federal administrative rulemaking.

Chris was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar in October 2009 and is currently licensed to practice in Louisiana, the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, and the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. He is also a member of the Louisiana Bar Association, the Shreveport Bar Association, the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute.

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Tiffany A. Peters-Lewis

Primary Areas of Practice: Insurance Defense, Trucking Defense, Criminal Defense.

Tiffany was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is a graduate of Loyola University New Orleans with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Public Relations. She graduated from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, where she was the recipient of the Academic Excellence Scholarship and Academic Excellence Award in Environmental Law.

Throughout law school, Tiffany was affiliated with the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Black Law Student Association, the Public Interest Law Group and the Intellectual Property Law Society. During her senior year and shortly thereafter, she served as judicial law clerk for the Civil District Court of the Parish of Orleans.

Tiffany was admitted to practice in 2003 and began her career as an Assistant District Attorney for the City of New Orleans, and served as lead prosecutor in 100+ bench and jury trials during her tenure. In the following years, she has maintained a diverse civil practice, with experience in areas such as domestic/family law, real estate/property transactions, wills and probate, social security/disability law, transactional litigation and business development and incorporation.

Tiffany is licensed in the Western District of Louisiana, the Eastern District of Louisiana, and the Louisiana Supreme Court. She is also a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Shreveport Bar Association, Jefferson Bar Association, as well as the National Association of Professional Women.

Tiffany is married to S. Patrick Lewis of Grand Cane, Louisiana, and is a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated.

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Tara Hoffmann

Primary Areas of Practice: Insurance Defense, Trucking Insurance Defense.

Tara was born in Mangham, Louisiana in 1987 and graduated summa cum laude from Louisiana Tech University with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology in 2008. She attended Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center and graduated in May 2011.

Throughout law school, Tara was a member of the Legal Association of Women and the Christian Legal Society. In August 2009, she began working for Professor J. Randall Trahan as a research assistant focusing on family, sales, lease and property law.Tara also clerked in the Road Hazard division of the Attorney General's office.

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Staff

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