Our Attorney Team

Mr. Chauvin acts for the rights of his clients in the legislature as well. He co-authored and actively supported passage of the former Louisiana Collection Agency Regulation Act, the Louisiana Pawnshop Act, and has helped draft and pass revisions to various other Louisiana business and collection related statutes.

Mr. Chauvin has guest lectured at Loyola University School of Law, for Dun & Bradstreet, for the National Association of Credit Managers, and throughout the state on business and collection law issues. He co-authored the 1990, 1993, and 1999 Louisiana Law of Pawn.

Mr. Chauvin is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Jefferson Bar Association and the Commercial Law League of America. He is licensed before all of the courts of Louisiana, the United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Chauvin was licensed in the area of property and casualty with the Louisiana Insurance Commission for 10 years and has held a solicitor’s license with the Louisiana Real Estate Commission for 25 years.

Mr. Chauvin is a 1990 graduate of Loyola University School of Law. During law school, he clerked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans and subsequently for Babovich & Spedale, a predecessor firm. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Loyola University of the South.

Ms. Gaylor graduated from Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University with a Juris Doctor and Diploma in Comparative Law in 2013. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy of Law, Morality & Society and Physical Anthropology from Tulane University in 2009.

Prior to graduating from law school, Ms. Gaylor clerked at CCB, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services’ Family Law Division, and interned for Judge Guy Holdridge of the 23rd Judicial District Court. Ms. Gaylor joined the firm in September 2013.

In 1997, Shawn received his Bachelor of Sciences Degree from Louisiana State University. He subsequently attended Loyola University- New Orleans School of Law where he received his Doctor of Jurisprudence in 2001. During his tenure at Loyola University, he participated in the comparative law studies program at the University of Vienna School of Law in Vienna, Austria.

Mr. Redman has gained first and second chair jury trial experience. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas, the State of Louisiana and in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas.

Mr. Roth is a graduate of Loyola University of New Orleans School of Law where he earned a Juris Doctorate in 1978. He earned his under graduate degree, a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, from the University of New Orleans in 1975.

Mr. Roth also volunteers at the National World War II Museum, The Burden Rural Life Museum in Baton Rouge Louisiana and serves on the District Shooting Sports Committee for the New Orleans area Boy Scouts of America. In conjunction with his museum interests Mr. Roth is a certified Interpretive Guide and maintains membership in the National Association of Interpretation (NAI).

Ms. Carlisle obtained her J.D. from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University where she was a member of the National Negotiation team, the James Edwin Horton Inn of Court, an Executive Member of the Henry Upson Simms Moot Court Board, and an Associate Justice of the Gordon T. Saad Moot Court Competition. Ms. Carlisle received her B.A. in Political Science with a minor in English from Jacksonville State University. 

Prior to joining the firm in January 2019, Ms. Carlisle practiced at a plaintiff’s firm in Birmingham, AL. Her litigation experience includes representing hundreds of clients in consumer arbitration.

Teri received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism from the University of Kansas in 1978, and her J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1986. Teri clerked for the honorable Justice Alma Wilson while in law school, the first woman appointed to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

Teri is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas, and in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Teri joined the firm in January 2020, and is based in the Dallas office.

Ms. Cash graduated with a Juris Doctorate from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphries School of Law in 2003 and a Bachelor of Science from Baylor University in 1998. Prior to joining to Couch Lambert (formerly known as Couch, Conville & Blitt), Ms. Cash represented clients in consumer legal collections, commercial litigation, estate planning, foreclosures, landlord-tenant matters, and real property transactions.

Nicholas Hood is a Partner of the Firm. His practice focuses upon consumer legal collections and creditors’ rights defense. He is licensed to practice in Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Mr. Hood graduated summa cum laude from Missouri Valley College in 2008 with a dual-degree in Economics and Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing. He obtained his Juris Doctor cum laude from Valparaiso University School of Law in 2011, where he was an editor for the law review, board member of the moot court society, and member of the honors program. Mr. Hood also published a law review article in the Valparaiso University Law Review (No Requirement Left Behind: The Inadvertent Discovery Requirement—Protecting Citizens One File at a Time, 45 Val. U. L. Rev. 1529 (2011)) and was honored as Valpo Law’s Best Oral Advocate in 2009 for his skills in written and oral advocacy.

Mr. Hood has litigated creditor’s rights throughout Arkansas and Oklahoma since 2011.

M. Clark Hays is an Associate Attorney licensed to practice in Arkansas. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Physics from Tulsa University and received his law degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law – Fayetteville. He has nearly six years of experience in the collection practice field, from both the consumer and collection side.

Mr. Rowatt is an Associate in the Kansas office. He graduated from William Jewell College in 1991 with a degree in English; and he obtained his Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law in 1994. Mr. Rowatt joined Couch Lambert LLC after over 20 years of practice with collection law firms in Kansas and Missouri. He is licensed to practice law in Missouri and Kansas and in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. While in law school Mr. Rowatt served on the UMKC Law Review and authored a published article regarding The Public Policy Exception to Employment At Will, 62 UMKC L. Rev. 325, Winter, 1993. Areas of practice include Consumer and Commercial Collection law.

Highly skilled attorney with experience in Debtor Creditor matters, primarily representing creditors, including major financial institutions. Strong Compliance background in areas involving banking and consumer protection legislation, both on National and State/Levels. Licensed in Missouri and Texas, as well as all four Federal District Courts in Texas, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and U.S. Supreme Court. Martindale-Hubbell AV rated.

Fred N. Blitt is Of Counsel with the Firm. While Fred’s practice is limited to the State of Illinois, he participates in marketing and executive level decision making at the Firm.

In 2011, Mr. Blitt was recognized as one of the Top 25 Most Influential People in the Credit and Collection Industry.

He currently serves as Immediate Past President of the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys (NARCA). He was President from 2009-2011, in addition to serving as a member of the NARCA Board of Directors from 2001-2007. Mr. Blitt is also a member of Illinois Bar Association, Commercial Law League of America (CLLA) and Debt Buyer’s Association (DBA).

Mr. Blitt is a 1988 graduate of the John Marshall Law School. He is licensed to practice before all Courts of Illinois.