John C. Nickelson

John C. Nickelson is a highly regarded attorney located in Caddo County, Louisiana. He has consistently been recognized as a Louisiana “Super Lawyer” by SuperLawyers.com and a “Top Lawyer” by SB Magazine. John's extensive legal experience includes serving as a member of the Shreveport City Council, where he chaired the City Council’s Audit and Finance Committee.

He is actively involved in the legal community, holding positions such as a member of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Bar Foundation and a master of the bench at the Harry V. Booth and Judge Henry A. Politz Inn of Court. Additionally, he has served as a past governor-at-large for Louisiana of the Bar Association of the Federal Fifth Circuit and as a past president of the Shreveport Bar Foundation.

John's practice encompasses a wide range of legal areas, including defending a company in arbitration before the American Arbitration Association and representing an employee charged with mishandling explosive materials at a military installation. He also handles first-party insurance claims and complex community property partitions involving substantial assets.

John earned his law degree from the University of Virginia and gained valuable experience clerking for United States Circuit Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod on the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He and his wife, Emily, have been married for over twenty years and are dedicated members of the Cathedral of St. John Berchmans, raising their four children in the community.