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Lewis & Reed, LLC is a full service law firm with offices in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Partners Joseph D. Lewis and R. Kenneth Reed have combined experience of over 40 years of assisting clients with their legal needs. We handle personal injury, criminal defense, domestic and estates matters. A large portion of the firm’s practice includes the handling of traffic and regulatory offenses for both commercial and non commercial drivers in all courts throughout Louisiana.
LAWYERS
R. Kenneth Reed worked for ten years for Jack Bennett Law Corporation, a practice exclusively engaged in the practice of personal injury law. Following this, Mr. Reed opened R. Kenneth Reed Law Corporation where he practiced primarily personal injury law until forming Lewis & Reed LLC. Mr. Reed graduated from Louisiana State University in 1985 with a degree in political science and received his Juris Doctorate from Southern University Law School in 1989. He was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar Association in 1990. He is the managing partner for Lewis & Reed, LLC.
Joseph D. Lewis worked for Michael Roy Fugler and Associates for seven years after being admitted to the bar in 1989.. At Michael Roy Fugler and Associates, he was engaged in a general practice, including personal injury, domestic/family law, criminal defense and successions work.. That firm also served as the Louisiana provider firm for PrePaid Legal Services and defended commercial and non commercial drivers for traffic citations and other regulatory issues. In 1994, Joseph D. Lewis opened Joseph D. Lewis Law Corporation where he engaged in a similar practice with a concentration in the defense of commercial drivers for driving and regulatory offenses in courts throughout Louisiana. Joseph graduated from New England Conservatory in 1985 and from Louisiana State University Law School in 1989, the same year he was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar Association. He has practiced in Courts throughout Louisiana, both in State and Federal Courts and in the Louisiana Supreme Court. Joseph is the senior partner in Lewis & Reed, LLC
STAFF
Anna Murphey has worked as a paralegal for several law firms in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Houston, Texas for over thirty years. She also worked for years as a Judicial Assistant to a Judge in Houston, Texas. Her experience includes practices in real estate, criminal defense, successions and insurance defense. Since coming to work in 1999 for Lewis & Reed, LLC, she has provided support for both lawyers and is primarily engaged in supporting the firm’s work in the defense of commercial drivers for traffic offenses and regulatory issues. Anna has her Notary Commission and she is the Traffic Administrator for Lewis & Reed, LLC.
Gianna Montelero also plays a supporting role for the attorneys at Lewis & Reed, LLC and is also primarily engaged in the supporting the firm’s work in the defense of commercial drivers for traffic and regulatory issues. She is working on her Bachelor of Art’s degree.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
US Legal Services
American Truckers Legal Services
Open Road Legal Services
TVC Pro Drivers
Professional Drivers Protection Plan