B. Thomas Shea

Hello! My name is Tom Shea. I am a family law attorney practicing in Southwest Louisiana. In 2017, I started Tom Shea Family Law, LLC to help people with difficult family law issues. My practice is focused exclusively on family law: divorce, community property, child custody, child support, spousal support, relocations, modifications, contempt and other types of enforcement. I have handled several hundred family law cases at the district court level. I have also successfully litigated cases through the Third Circuit Court of Appeal and the Louisiana Supreme Court. I practice primarily in Calcasieu and its surrounding parishes, including Beauregard, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis. I am originally from Northampton, Massachusetts. I attended Ithaca College, where I studied business and writing. I graduated summa cum laude and Valedictorian from the School of Business in 2006. After college, I decided to do something completely different, and I set out for Louisiana where I attended LSU Law School in Baton Rouge. At LSU Law, I co-founded the International Law Society, and I worked as a publications intern at the LSU Press. In my third year, I wrote for and edited LSU Law’s annual “Assault and Flattery” comedy show. That year I was also lucky enough to meet my wife, Elizabeth, who is also a practicing attorney. In 2010, I graduated law school and moved to Lake Charles where I worked as an associate attorney at The Sanchez Law Firm. I’m a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association. In 2017, I was elected President of the SWLA Bar Association Family Law Section. I am the treasurer of the SWLA Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, and I serve on the Board of Directors for the SWLA Bar Foundation. I'm also currently pursuing an LLM in Taxation through the Graduate Tax Program at Villanova University.

Villanova University School of Law

LL.M. (2018) | Tax

2016 - 2018

Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University

J.D. (2010) | Law

2007 - 2010

Ithaca College

B.S. (2006) | Business

2002 - 2006

Honors: Summa Cum Laude; Valedictorian (School of Business)

Solo-practioner

Tom Shea Family Law, LLC

2017 - Current

Associate

The Sanchez Law Firm, LLC

2010 - 2017

Speaker, Finding Jobs Outside of OCI, LSU Law

March 14, 2011

LSU Law Career Services Dept.

Top Lawyer Selection

Acadiana Profile

2017

Top Lawyer Selection

Acadiana Profile

2016

Top Lawyer Selection

Acadiana Profile

2015

Louisiana State Bar Association

Member

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 Member

2016 - Current

Louisiana

Since 2011