for Well-established Corporations and
Start-up Companies
The Harper Law Firm is led by Jerald R. Harper, a Shreveport native with 40 years experience in representing businessmen and women, individually, and their businesses throughout Louisiana, East Texas and Southern Arkansas. Mr. Harper has obtained an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell representing the highest possible rating among members of the legal community for both legal ability and professional ethics. Mr. Harper’s experience is unusually well rounded in that it includes service as general counsel to a publicly owned corporation, as a seasoned litigator and business counselor. The Louisiana Secretary of State appointed Mr. Harper Chairman of the Louisiana Commission on Corporations.
Mr. Harper graduated from Harvard University, with honors, in 1974. That year Harvard nominated him for recognition as a Rhodes Scholar, for which he was a finalist. Mr. Harper was the recipient of several scholarships from Harvard and was selected to the Student Advisory Committee at the Harvard Institute of Politics while still an undergraduate at that school.
In 1978 Mr. Harper graduated from Louisiana State University Law School, and was selected to serve on the Louisiana Law Review. He served as Article Editor for the Law Review as a senior. Mr. Harper also was selected for Order of the Coif recognition by that school for high academic achievement.