Business Law. Intellectual Property Law. Estate Planning.
Amber Sheppard (she/her) is a lifelong Northshore native who spends her days working tirelessly for her clients (humans and animals). She knew she wanted to be a lawyer from a young age, but the world figured it out when she did a book report on John Grisham in 4th grade.
In an effort to fulfill her life-long dream, Amber worked for Traumatic Brain Injury attorneys Anderson & Boutwell then attended law school at Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson, Mississippi. She chose MC Law because it offered both civil law and common law. Always a forward thinker, Amber did that in order to be prepared to practice in both Louisiana and Mississippi. She excelled in the classroom garnering Best Paper Awards, clerked for criminal defense and personal injury attorney Coxwell & Associates, and worked in San Francisco for Shefman Law Group.
Amber passed the Louisiana and Mississippi Bar exams on her first try. She previously worked as of counsel with family law firm Stanley-Wallace Law and as a conflicts attorney for the 22nd JDC Public Defender's Office.
Her unique work background has made her a highly sought after attorney for businesses and individuals alike. You know she knows her stuff when other attorneys send her work and ask for her guidance on appeals. She is a dynamic and highly skilled researcher, author, and advocate. Since then, she has advocated for small businesses, families, and individuals on both sides of the state line.
She was voted Best Attorney in East St. Tammany by EDGE Magazine readers for 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, and by Sophisticated Woman Readers in 2021.
She has been named Top 40 Under 40 by Edge Magazine as well.
In 2022 and 2023, she was awarded the American Bar Association award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service Work. She also received a pro bono award from Louisiana State Bar Association in 2022 and 2023 for her free legal work as well.
She sits on the Louisiana State Bar Association's Legal Services for Persons with Disabilities Committee and the Wills for Heroes Committee (Young Lawyer's Division). Amber and Tubbs often present Continuing Education for lawyers, governments, law schools, and mental health professionals. Amber also sits on Northshore Technical Community College's Paralegal Advisory Committee helping coordinate paralegal curriculums for the next generation of legal professionals.
Nationally, Amber sits on the American Bar Association's Trademark Litigation and Copyright Litigation Committee. She currently writes legal articles for FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters company, for consumers in dog law, intellectual property, and business law. To date, she has written or reviewed close to 500.
Amber’s motto in life and in business is “Be Fierce & Kind®.” She loved it so much she trademarked it. Such a lawyer move, we know.