Biography:
Born in New York and raised in both Washington D.C. and Geneva, Switzerland, Randall Smith is one of the top trial lawyers in the region. Mr. Smith is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College and Yale Law School, who then moved to New Orleans to serve as a law clerk 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. In 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 1994, Mr. Smith has successfully represented the 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/eminant 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 has served as a Board Member for twelve years and is currently 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.

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