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Commercial Litigation & Transactions
The attorneys at The Preston Castille Law Firm have decades of experience representing K12 and higher education institutions, including LSU, Southern University, Southern University System Foundation, and Baton Rouge Community College as well as charter school and traditional public school clients.
Education Law & Policy
The attorneys of The Preston Castille Law Firm have decades of commercial litigation experience representing Fortune 500 clients, local business and governmental entities. Experienced litigators, our attorneys have successfully defended its clients at the trial and appellate level in federal and state court.
Corporate Law
The attorneys at The Preston Castille Law Firm serve as outside corporate counsel for numerous clients providing general corporate advice including business formation, corporate governance, contract negotiations, and other general corporate transactions.
In the News
The Preston Castille Law Firm Welcomes Nikki Essix-Manuel as Of Counsel
Baton Rouge, La. – The Preston Castille Law Firm is pleased to announce Nikki Essix-Manuel has joined the firm as Of Counsel.
Ms. Manuel’s practice focuses on Civil Defense Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Administrative Appeals, Organization and Regulatory Compliance, Insurance Coverage Defense and Municipal Law
During her over 20 year career, Ms. Manuel has represented plaintiffs and defendants in both the public and private sectors. She has significant experience in managing all aspects of complex litigation matters from inception to completion at the trial and appellate court levels. Clients have utilized her sound legal advice when making critical decisions on high profile matters. It is her goal to render an exceptional standard of legal service to each of her clients.
Ms. Manuel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Political Science and Speech Communications from The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She relocated to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to attend Southern University Law Center where she was a published member and Comments Editor of the Southern University Law Review, member of Moot Court and a contributing student journalist for The Public Defender, the law school sponsored publication. Ms. Manuel later received her Juris Doctor degree and passed the Louisiana State Bar. She then served as the judicial law clerk for the Honorable Charles Jones of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal in New Orleans, Louisiana. During her tenure as a judicial law clerk, she was privileged to author several published opinions, while gaining extensive knowledge of the appellate process that she has utilized in her practice.