Ruston attorneys at Goff and Goff volunteer in the Junior Judge’s Program

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Recently Shelley and Add Goff, together with 4 other members of the Lincoln Parish Bar Association volunteered at Ruston Elementary School teaching through the Junior Judge’s program.  During the program, the attorney watched videos with the children  and discussed the tough situations presented in those videos.  Together with the children they would come up with the appropriate choices and responses would be if the child were facing a similar  situation. The situations included cheating, destroying property, bullying, teasing, stealing, drugs, alcohol, gangs, and weapons.

North Louisiana criminal defense lawyer Shelley Goff invited to join National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 Trial Lawyers

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Recently criminal law attorney Shelley Goff was selected to join the National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 Trial Lawyers.  According the the unsolicited invitation letter, the organization evaluated Ms. Goff’s qualifications and determined that she exemplified the superior qualifications, trial results, and leadership in the field of criminal defense.

Ruston child custody and visitation lawyer Shelley Goff – state registered Mediator.

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Recently Shelley Goff has become a registered to conduct family law mediations for child custody and visitation cases.  A mediator is a neutral third party that helps couples going through a divorce try to work out issues without the expense of going to court. In doing so, she does not render legal advise.  The parties to the mediation may, but are not required to have legal representation at the mediation while they try to work out their differences in hopes of limiting or eliminating the issues that they raise in court.  Often mediations are an efficient and economical method of handling family law issues.  Under some circumstances, courts require parties to attempt to resolve their disputes through mediation before litigating the issues in court.

Ruston Family Law Attorney Published in Nationally Circulated Magazine

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Recently Ruston family law attorney Shelley Goff was asked to write an article for the The Warrior, a national legal journal. The article is entitled “Irreconcilable Differences:  The Use of TLC Methods in Domestic Relations Cases.”   Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College teaches lawyers methods for presenting the truth to judges and juries and is usually thought to apply to personal injury and criminal defense cases.  In her article, Shelley, a 2004 graduate of the prestigious college, outlines how she uses these methods in representing parties to divorce, child custody, support, and other family law cases.  The article appears in the magazine’s Winter 2013 issue.