Joseph Barron Odom Sr.
Local. Litigation.
Joseph's practice primarily focuses on civil litigation and personal injury. Joseph has worked at various large firms across the state of Louisiana.
Joseph received his Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana Tech University and his Juris Doctorate and Graduate Degree in Comparative Law from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University.
Joseph honorably served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve and completed two combat tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, earning the rank of a Sergeant while serving in the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment.
Along with all Louisiana state courts, Joseph is admitted to practice in the following federal courts:
-U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
-U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
-U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
-U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Joseph is a member of the Louisiana Bar Association, Shreveport Bar Association, and the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Insurance Defense
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Collections
- Estate Planning
- Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- FaceTime
- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- Louisiana
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- ID Number: 38855
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Attorney
- Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway APLC
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- Morris & Dewett LLC
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- Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway APLC
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- Attorney
- Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P.
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- Spring Law Clerk
- Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips L.L.P.
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- Summer Law Clerk
- McGlinchey Stafford PLLC
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- Summer Law Clerk
- Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P.
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- Law Clerk
- Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P.
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- Summer Law Clerk
- Hammond, Sills, Adkins, Guice, Noah, & Perkins, L.L.P.
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- Summer Law Clerk
- Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips L.L.P.
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- Louisiana Tech University
- B.S.
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- Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
- J.D. (2019) | Law
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- Honors: Cali Awards in Various Classes Honorary Induction into the Wex Malone Inn of Court based on Superior Oral Advocacy Skills in the Vinson-Elkins Trial Advocacy Program, Fall 2018
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- 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
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- 2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
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- 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
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- Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW)
- Member
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- Activities: Post No. 4588 Bossier, LA
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- Louisiana State Bar Association # 38855
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- Louisiana Law License
- Louisiana State Bar
- Website
- Lawrence & Odom LLP
- Q. i have a bodily injury claim that they was willing to pay out on, but i was incarcerated for the last year.
- A: Unfortunately, the insurance adjuster is correct.
Louisiana is subject to a one-year prescriptive period (or Statute of Limitations) in which a person may bring a civil action under tort law (or personal injury law), commencing from the date of the accident/injury. Once that one year period has passed, the claimant is time-barred from taking *any* judicial action (including settling of any claim(s)) against the tortfeasor and/or the insurance company. Because your injury occurred on May 1, 2023, you would have had to file suit in a court of competent jurisdiction on or before May 1, 2024.
As of July 1, 2024, the prescriptive period in Louisiana was extended to two years commencing ... Read More
- Q. Is there any way to get out of paying an unreasonable loan?
- A: It is very hard - if not impossible - to get out of student loans/student contract agreements.
For example, student loans cannot be discharged even through Bankruptcy proceedings. Further, Louisiana law is clear that in contract disputes, the contract signed by the parties is the law between the parties. To prevail on rescinding (i.e. dissolving) the contract (and all obligations contained therein), you would have to prove a vice of consent such as error, fraud, or duress. Simply misunderstanding the terms of the contract would not be grounds to have the contract judicially rescinded.
