John R. Williams

A well-seasoned estate planning attorney with Ayres, Shelton, Williams, Benson & Paine LLC, in Shreveport, Louisiana, attorney John R. Williams serves Louisiana statewide and East Texas. He handles complex cases related to corporate law and transactions, partnership tax and planning areas, complex estate and trust planning, private equity, federal and state taxation, and more.

Completing his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Louisiana Tech University, Mr. Williams received his Juris Doctor from the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center and his master’s in law degree in taxation from Georgetown University. Admitted to both Louisiana and Texas, he has been board-certified as a tax law specialist under the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization, and as an estate planning and probate specialist by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

In addition to representing landowners and business owners in various intricate cases and helping them resolve disputes, Mr. Williams also advises high net worth clients in matters of structuring business transactions and transitioning wealth. His prior experiences include serving as a lead counsel at an energy transportation company and for the sale of a chemical application company to a publicly traded one.

Apart from his regular representation and legal counsel, Mr. Williams also engages with the legal community as a member of several eminent legal associations. These include the Taxation Section for the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Louisiana Tax Law Advisory Commission of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Tax and Estate Planning Council of Shreveport, and the State Bar of Texas. His relentless efforts at serving his clients with sincerity have been recognized with a peer-review rating of AV Preeminent* through Martindale-Hubbell.

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