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Practice Areas

For Clients

Not sure what kind of case you have? Start here—we handle many civil matters, and if we’re not the perfect fit, we’ll get you to the best help possible. Our primary practice areas include:​

  • Motor Vehicle Accidents - Car, truck, motorcycle, rideshare, pedestrian, and bicycle collisions.

  • Premises Liability - Slip/trip and fall, negligent security, falling objects, dog bites, and structural failures.

  • Wrongful Death - Fatal accidents, and catastrophic injuries.

  • Product Liability - Dangerous products, defective consumer goods, and unsafe equipment.

  • Industrial & Workplace Accidents - plant explosions, chemical exposure, construction site accidents, and other on-the-job injuries caused by unsafe conditions.

  • Wills and Estate Planning - consultations about end-of-life planning and medical care, power of attorney instruments, succession planning, and probate proceedings.

For Attorneys

We partner with trial lawyers to deliver high-level legal writing, research, and appellate support—so you can stay focused on depositions, hearings, and trying the case. Whether you need discrete, behind-the-scenes briefing support or turnkey appellate representation from notice of appeal through oral argument, we work efficiently, write persuasively, and keep the record and issues positioned for success.​

  • Trial Level Writing- Pleadings, oppositions to exceptions, discovery motions, summary judgment motions and oppositions, and motions in limine.

  • Trial Support - pre-trial research for evidentiary or legal issues, bench memos, and emergency writs.

  • Post-Trial Writing- Motions for new trial, and motions for directed verdicts.

  • Supervisory and Appellate Practice - Appeals (state & federal), writ applications, writ oppositions, oral argument preparation, and oral argument.​

341 Metairie Road

Metairie, LA 70005

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T: (504) 300-1069

 F: (504) 300-1069

Smith Trial and Appellate Lawyers
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