Randall A. Smith - Partner
BiographyBorn in New York and raised in both Washington D.C. and Geneva, Switzerland, Randall Smith is a veteran trial lawyer who has successfully handled a variety of civil, commercial and criminal litigation. Mr. Smith is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College ('78) and Yale Law School ('82), who then moved to New Orleans to serve as a law clerk in 1982-1983 to the Honorable Charles Schwartz, Jr., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
After completing his clerkship, Mr. Smith accepted a position with the Stone Pigman law firm, where he was named partner after five years in 1988. At the end of 1994, Mr. Smith left the partnership to pursue his vision of a boutique litigation firm that focused on providing excellent trial counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants in complex cases.
Since 1995, Mr. Smith has successfully represented his firm's clients, both plaintiffs and defendants, in litigation before a variety of courts, both state and federal, particularly in Louisiana and Mississippi, but throughout the United States. Mr. Smith's litigation practice includes civil and commercial litigation, business litigation, securities litigation, takings/eminent domain litigation, property and estate litigation, employment litigation, patent and trademark litigation, and white collar criminal defense. Having obtained many multi-million dollar judgments, as well as successfully defended against many multi-million dollar claims, Mr. Smith has earned his reputation as an assertive, creative, and focused trial counsel.
In addition to his practice, Mr. Smith has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Loyola University's School of Law since 1989, teaching primarily civil and criminal fraud. Among other civic duties, he is the President of the Canal Street Development Corporation, a public benefit corporation with tens of millions of dollars in assets dedicated to the revitalization of Canal Street.
Practice Areas
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- Takings/Eminent Domain Litigation
- Property Litigation
- Estate Litigation
- Community Property Litigation
- Maritime Litigation
- Catastrophic Injury Litigation
- Professional Liability Litigation
- White Collar Criminal Defense
1983, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Yale University, J.D., 1982.
College
Amherst College, B.A., 1978,
(Phi Beta Kappa, 1977).
Member
American Bar Association
Louisiana Bar Foundation
Louisiana Bar Association
Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit
New Orleans Bar Association
AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Languages
French.
Born
New York, N.Y., January 18, 1956.
rasmith@smithfawer.com