Experienced Insurance Defense Representation

Azelie Ziegler Shelby
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Practice Areas:
- Litigation
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Personal Injury Law
- Wills and Estate Law
- Immigration
- Immigration & Naturalization
- Workers' Compensation Defense and Plaintiff Litigation; Insurance Defense Litigation; Intellectual Property Law; School Law; Maritime Defense and Plaintiff Litigation; Business Litigation; Succession and Estate Law
- Numerous State and Federal Trials Including Jury Trials, Bench Trials, Workers' Compensation Trials, and Trials before the Administrative Law Judges under Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act
- Multiple appearances before several Louisiana Courts of Appeal
- Extensive Motion Practice
Biography
I am married to David J. Shelby, II, who is a Partner at Taylor Porter, Brooks and Phillips. We have two children, Jessica and Jack.
Education
- Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- J.D. - 05/1993
- Honors: Jessup International Moot Court Team, Member, 1992, Editor, 1993. The team placed 2nd in the Region in the Oral Argument Competition and 4th in the Region with Written Briefs
- Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
- B.S. - 05/1990
- Honors: With Honors
- Major: Business with Pre-Law Option
- Minor: Piano
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1993
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1993
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1993
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1993
Honors
- Order of Omega
- American Jurisprudence Award; Administration of Criminal Justice I, Spring, 1991
- President, Delta Sigma Pi Professional Fraternity
- Vice President, Delta Zeta Social Sorority
- Vice President, Rush Chairman, Songfestival Chairman
- N.S.U. Hall of Fame
- National Collegiate Business Merit Award
- Who's Who Among Colleges and Universities
Classes & Seminars
- Speaker, LAISE Open Forum & Legislative Recap, 2013, Effective Claims Management- The Initial Investigation
- Speaker, Claims Adjusters on Legislative Update, 2013, House Bill 728
- Speaker at Area CEU, 2012, Health Care Providers and Medical Treatment Guidelines
- Speaker at Wright & Percy Workers? Compensation Seminar, 2012, Can you Fire and Injured Employee? Are you Exposed to Wage and Hour Violations?
- Speaker at L.S.U. Freshman Professionalism Orientation, 2012
- Speaker at Wright & Percy Workers? Compensation Seminar, 2011, Jones Act, Longshore & Harbor Workers? Compensation Act, and Louisiana State Workers? Compensation
- Speaker at L.S.U. Freshman Professionalism Orientation, 2009
- Speaker at N.S.U. Law Day Conference, 1998, Conducting and Discipline Hearing, Published accompanying materials
- Speaker at N.S.U. Law Day Conference, 1997, Conducting and Discipline Hearing
- Speaker at Louisiana Vocational Association, Louisiana Department of Education 46th Annual Conference, 1997, Who is Liable- Preventing and Defending Liability and Sexual Harassment Claims
Published Works
- Author, Louisiana Workers? Compensation Corporation Legal Highlights Newsletter. A quarterly newsletter providing pertinent legal information to company employees
Fraternities or Sororities
- Delta Zeta
- Phi Beta Kappa
Professional Associations
- Dean McMahon Inns of Court, Member
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Member, 1993 to Present
- Baton Rouge Bar Association, Member, 1994 to Present
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Member, 2013 to 2013
- LASIE, Member, 2012 to Present
- Baton Rouge Soccer Association, Sponsor, 2012 to Present
- Multiple Local Community Teams, Sponsor, 2010 to Present
- American Bar Association, 1994 to Present
- L.S.U. Rural Life Museum, Burden Circle Patron, 2012 to Present
- L.S.U. Friends of Rural Life Board of Trustees, 2012 to Present
- Student Government Association, Vice President
- Student Government Association, Communications Chairman
- Student Government Association, Judicial Board
- Student Government Association, Senator-at-Large
- Student Government Association, Freshman Senator
- Rotoract, Rotary Affiliated Service Organization
- National Association of Professional Women, Member