When you work with us, expect us to:
- Be active listeners from the moment we meet so we deeply understand your unique situation, feelings, goals, and challenges.
- Carefully and clearly explain your options and likely outcomes.
- Create a road map and provide guidance to get you from where you are today to where you want to be in the future – with the least emotional and financial costs.
- Make more informed well-reasoned choices than you might otherwise have made on your own.
- Skillfully negotiate with opposing counsel to resolve cases with a reputation for honesty and integrity.
- Avoid unnecessary expenses that don’t bring value through a planned approach to efficiently reach a resolution that preserves assets.
- Advocate for your best interest and always do what is right.

We also believe in moving matters forward in an expedient, yet professional manner. Divorce is no time to feel like you are on your own or left to sort out important legal and financial matters without skilled support. Using all our professional and personal strengths, the family lawyers at Betsy A. Fischer and Associates, LLC are with you each step of the way to make a lasting difference for you and your family, today and tomorrow.

Betsy A. Fischer
Managing Partner
Betsy A. Fischer is the founder of Betsy A. Fischer and Associates, LLC, which is located in Metairie, Louisiana. A top-rated, award-winning attorney, Ms. Fischer has more than 30 years of experience representing the rights and interests of clients throughout the region who have legal needs involving any of the following:
- Divorce, including child support, custody and other related matters
- Family law, including interdictions
- Wills and Successions
As a family law attorney, Betsy was approached by a national publisher requesting she write a book on divorce. Divorce in Louisiana has become a best seller and go-to reference for other attorneys, and parties on all aspects of Louisiana divorces, child custody and support, visitation, and property division.
Her effectiveness as a trial attorney is equally notable, and Ms. Fischer has won numerous cases for her clients at the trial court level and the appellate level.
Recognized for her impeccable professionalism and service, Ms. Fischer has earned numerous accolades from her peers. Fortune Magazine named her as a Women Leader in the Law in 2015. She is also the recipient of the 2016 Client Satisfaction Award from the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys.
Ms. Fischer earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in 1987 and her Master of Business Administration in 1992 from Loyola University School of Business. Ms. Fischer earned her Juris Doctor from Loyola University School of Law in 1992.
A leader in her field, Ms. Fischer is an active member of numerous local, state and national professional legal organizations, and she has written extensively and conducted many lectures and seminars across her region on a variety of legal topics.

Emily D. Scroggs
Associate Attorney
Emily earned her Juris Doctor from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University. Emily earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from Louisiana State University.
While at LSU, she was a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society, the Society Gamma Beta Phi National Honor Society, Phi Sigma Pi Honors Fraternity, Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society, National Society of Leadership and Success, National Society of Collegiate Scholars and the United States Masters Swimming Organization.
During law school, Emily clerked for the 19th Judicial District Court and the 14th Judicial District Court, where she discovered her passion for family law.
After receiving her Juris Doctor in 2022, Emily handled family law matters in the Lake Charles area, until joining Betsy A. Fischer and Associates, LLC in 2023.
In her spare time, Emily trains for various Iron Man triathlon races.