Takings And Eminent Domain Litigation
Although originally from different firms, Smith & Fawer’s Eminent Domain Group has come together to create one of the largest groups of attorneys in the region focused on the representation of landowners whose property has been taken by the State or Federal Government for public use. Smith & Fawer attorneys closely supervise the taking at issue to insure that it is truly necessary for the public advancement. If so, and if nothing can be done to prevent the taking, the firm then zealously pursues the payment of just compensation for the taking of its clients’ property.Cases representative of the firm’s practice in this area include:
- Securing a $10.5 million verdict on behalf of its client against the local Convention Center Authority for the taking of the clients’ property in the New Orleans Central Business District;
- Securing and then collecting a multi-million dollar judgment for its clients against a levee board for the expropriation of property for levee improvement;
- Successfully representing landowners surrounding the 17th Street Canal in their attempt to obtain just compensation for the removal of their fences and trees by the local levee authorities.