Northshore Attorney
From our office on North Vermont Street in Covington, Aertker Legal serves individuals, families, and businesses across the entire Louisiana Northshore — with the same attorney on your matter from the first call to the final judgment.
Rooted in Covington. At work across the Northshore.
Aertker Legal is not a downtown firm that visits the Northshore — it is a Northshore firm. Stephen “Curt” Aertker, Jr. has practiced law here since 1997, from an office a short walk from the St. Tammany Parish courthouse in Covington, and he lives in the community he serves.
That local footing matters. He knows the 22nd and 21st Judicial District Courts — their local rules, their clerks’ offices, and the practical rhythms of how matters actually move on this side of the lake. When your case calls for the Causeway and a New Orleans courtroom, he is admitted there too — in state court and in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
For which St. Tammany court hears what, the Justice Center, and how filing works, see the firm’s St. Tammany Parish guide; for Hammond, Ponchatoula and the 21st Judicial District, see the Tangipahoa Parish guide.
Across every practice area, the promise is the same one that defines the firm: you work directly with Stephen. Your calls are returned, you always know where your matter stands, and the attorney who walks into court is the one who prepared it. Your lawyer — not a case number.
Across the lake’s north shore.
Aertker Legal represents clients throughout St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington Parishes and the surrounding Florida Parishes — from the Covington-Mandeville corridor to Slidell, and from the river towns to the Washington Parish line.
- Covington
- Mandeville
- Slidell
- Madisonville
- Abita Springs
- Folsom
- Lacombe
- Pearl River
- Bush
- Hammond & Ponchatoula (Tangipahoa)
- Bogalusa & Franklinton (Washington)
- Throughout the Florida Parishes
Full-service counsel, close to home.
One firm for the matters that shape a Northshore family or business — explore the practice areas below.
Where Northshore Matters Are Heard
Knowing the courthouse is half of practicing well in it. Most civil and criminal matters on the Northshore are heard in one of two district courts, with municipal and appellate courts handling the rest.
- 22nd Judicial District Court — serves St. Tammany and Washington Parishes, sitting in Covington (St. Tammany) and Franklinton (Washington). The home court for most Northshore civil, family, and criminal matters.
- 21st Judicial District Court — serves Tangipahoa, Livingston, and St. Helena Parishes, sitting in Amite, for matters in the western Florida Parishes.
- The City Court of East St. Tammany (formerly Slidell City Court) and the area’s municipal and mayor’s courts — for certain smaller civil claims, evictions, and municipal matters in eastern St. Tammany.
- Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal (Baton Rouge), then the Louisiana Supreme Court — the appellate path for Northshore judgments.
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana (New Orleans) — the federal forum covering St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington Parishes for federal claims.
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