We Take Action.

For 30 years, Smith & Fawer, LLC
has cultivated a distinguished reputation for crafting innovative
and strategic solutions for businesses and individuals facing
complex and wide-ranging challenges.

We Hold Nothing Back.

Since our founding in the legendary city of New Orleans on January 2, 1995, Smith & Fawer has distinguished itself as a creative and adept law firm focused on complex litigation over a broad range of practice areas. Our mission: to provide innovative solutions to clients facing unique and intricate challenges. Today, with our continued and unwavering commitment to excellence through experience, preparation and execution, Smith & Fawer stands as one of the most respected boutique law firms in the regional legal community.
 
When Smith & Fawer takes on a case, we do so with an unwavering commitment to go the distance, signaling to adversaries that we are prepared for any challenge, regardless of how formidable. The firm’s expertise spans federal and state trial and appellate proceedings as well as alternative dispute resolution processes. Our success has also broadened our reach beyond Louisiana to often serve clients across the greater region and nationally.
 
At Smith & Fawer, our attorneys bring a rich breadth of experience and an unrelenting dedication and diligence to resolving our clients’ most pressing legal issues. Our team has extensive experience in commercial litigation, property and insurance litigation, eminent domain litigation, trusts and estates litigation, and white-collar criminal defense law, among other complex practice areas. Our exceptional team is comprised of talented, inspired, and savvy lawyers well-known for their tenacity, creativity, and intellect, which expertly complements their extensive practice experience.
 
At the core of the firm’s identity lies an unyielding dedication to our clients’ best interests and a commitment to providing preeminent services that produce results. This commitment consistently yields a satisfied clientele that zealously recommends our firm to others also facing seemingly insurmountable challenges. Operating steadfastly within the bounds of legal and ethical standards, Smith & Fawer holds nothing back in representing our clients.
 
Smith & Fawer possesses the dedication, courage, creativity, tenacity and knowledge to develop tailored solutions for your problems, no matter how complex they may now appear.

Practice Areas

Business Litigation

Catastrophic Injury

Civil Rights

Community Property

Eminent Domain And Takings

Entertainment Law

Government Relations

Insurance Litigation

Maritime Law

Professional Liability

Property And Environmental Law

Securities Litigation

Trusts, Estates And Succession

White Collar Crime

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In The News

After Trial, Church Property Awarded $17.5+ Million More than City’s 175K Deposit

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that there be judgment in favor of Defendant/Plaintiff-in-Reconvention, COGIC, and against Plaintiff/Defendant-in-Reconvention, the City/Parish, and finds that the City/Parish failed to deposit sufficient just compensation for COGIC’s losses caused as a result of the City/Parish’s expropriation of COGIC’s property, the court finding that just compensation to be paid by the City/Parish to COGIC is $17,728,323.00.

SWB Ordered to Pay Millions to Property Owners After Nearly 10 Year Battle

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the annual installment payable with respect to the Smith & Fawer Mandamus Plaintiffs shall be TWO MILLION THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE AND 03/100 DOLLARS ($,2 039,955.03), representing one-sixth of the total amount due as of August 15, 2026.

Smith & Fawer Overturns Ruling Against Palace Cafe Owners

This consolidated appeal arises from a dispute over the interpretation of a commercial lease (the “Lease”) of a building and land (the “Property”) which gave Appellant and the lessee, Cousins Restaurants, Inc.

Smith & Fawer Secures Jury Win Dismissing Multimillion $ Claims

After a 4-day trial, the Firm succeeded in convincing a federal jury that a local construction firm had no liability for breach of contract or fiduciary duty to its out-of-state partner, whose claims would have totaled over $6 million. No appeal was taken from the jury’s verdict.

DOTD Pays Nearly $3 Million—Over 10 Times Original Offer—On Eve of Land Expropriation Trial

Just before trial was set to begin, a significant settlement was reached in a high-stakes expropriation case involving the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD).

Smith & Fawer has the courage to find creative solutions for clients with complex matters.