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When the stakes are high — your family, your business, your property, your freedom, your future — you need more than a lawyer who knows the law. You need one who knows how to use it.

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Aertker Legal LLC is a Covington-based litigation and transactional practice serving individuals, families, and businesses throughout Louisiana and Mississippi. Founded and led by Stephen "Curt" Aertker, Jr. — a LSU-and-Tulane-educated, AV Preeminent-rated trial attorney with over two decades of Louisiana and Mississippi courtroom experience — the firm is built on a principle that should be self-evident but rarely is: every client deserves aggressive, intelligent, and cost-effective representation, regardless of the size of the case.

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What sets Aertker Legal apart is not just experience — it is the combination of old-fashioned personal service and a technology-powered practice infrastructure that allows it to deliver the preparation, responsiveness, and document precision that clients associate with much larger firms. When you hire Aertker Legal LLC, you work directly with Stephen Aertker from the first call to the final resolution. No hand-offs. No associates. No file numbers. Just your lawyer — prepared, focused, and on your side.​​​​

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Precision. Preparation. Results

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Personal Injury. Seriously injured because of someone else's negligence? Aertker Legal LLC represents Louisiana and Mississippi injury claimants on contingency - no attorney's fee unless there is a recovery. Case costs and expenses are advanced by the firm, but the client may be responsible  for them if no recovery is obtained. . [Link → /personal-injury]

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Medical Malpractice. When a healthcare provider's negligence causes serious harm, Louisiana's Medical Review Panel process and Patient's Compensation Fund require experienced counsel familiar with the qualified-provider framework.  [Link → /medical-malpractice]

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Family Law. Divorce, custody, child support, community property, and adoption — handled with the precision Louisiana's Civil Code demands and the empathy your family deserves. [Link → /family-law]

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Criminal Law. Misdemeanors, felonies, DWI, juvenile defense, and expungement — your rights matter, and Stephen Aertker knows how to protect them in Louisiana and Mississippi courts. [Link → /criminal-law]

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Business Transactions & Counsel. LLCs, contracts, operating agreements, non-competes, and commercial leases — built right from the beginning, so you're not litigating it later. [Link → /business-transactions]

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Business & Commercial Litigation. Breach of contract, fraud, partnership disputes, non-compete enforcement, and collections — in state and federal courts across Louisiana and Mississippi. [Link → /business-litigation]

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Property Law. Boundary disputes, servitudes, construction liens, expropriation, partition, and mineral rights — Louisiana property law requires locally experienced counsel. [Link → /property-law]

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Estate Planning. Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance medical directives — drafted with Louisiana's forced heirship and community property framework built in from the start. [Link → /estate-planning]

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Successions & Probate. Judgments of Possession, Descriptive Lists, small succession affidavits, and will contests — guiding Louisiana families through one of the most difficult legal processes they will face. [Link → /successions-probate]

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25+ Years of Experience Licensed in Louisiana since 1997 and Mississippi since 1998, with admissions spanning all state courts of both states, four federal district courts, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. When your matter requires going to federal court — or beyond — Aertker Legal LLC is already there.

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AV Preeminent® Rated The highest peer-review distinction awarded by Martindale-Hubbell — conferred by fellow attorneys and judges for pre-eminent legal ability and the highest professional ethics. Not self-reported. Peer-verified.

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Your Lawyer. Not a Case Number. Every matter at Aertker Legal LLC is handled directly by Stephen "Curt" Aertker, Jr. You will always know the status of your case, your calls will be returned, and the attorney who appears in court on your behalf is the same one who prepared the case from day one.

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Craft-Driven. Technology-Powered. Aertker Legal LLC operates a technology-powered practice infrastructure — including advanced AI-assisted research, drafting, and matter management tools — that delivers the organization, responsiveness, and document quality of a much larger firm, without the overhead or the hand-offs.

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Northshore-Rooted. Stephen "Curt" Aertker, Jr.  lives, practices, and coaches soccer in St. Tammany Parish. He knows these courts, these judges, and this community — because this is his community. For over two decades, individuals and businesses across the Northshore have trusted Aertker Legal LLC with their most consequential legal matters.