About
Matt Smith is an companion inside the Baton Rouge workplace of Kean Miller. He joined the corporation in 2013 and practices inside the commercial litigation, toxic tort defense, and environmental litigation agencies. His paintings specializes in the representation of oil and fuel exploration and production businesses, mid-stream companies, and different industry companies in numerous litigation matters such as assets damage and contamination, property rights, and business and contractual disputes.
Matt has widespread enjoy guiding customers thru claims related to soil contamination, groundwater infection, air pollutants, and the associated regulatory standards. His practice covers a wide variety of industrial and litigation issues starting from contract negotiation to dealing with subjects related to complicated litigation and discovery.
Matt earned his B.A, summa cum laude, from Louisiana State University in 2009. He earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the LSU Law Center in 2013, wherein he turned into a member of the Moot Court Board and the Order of the Coif. Matt became named to the Chancellor s List, was a Paul M. Hebert Scholar, and obtained CALI awards for incomes the very best grade in the following classes: Advanced Mineral Law, Louisiana Law of Obligations (Contracts), Statutory & Constitutional Interpretation, Business Associations I, and Accounting for Lawyers.
During his time at LSU Law, Matt served as the research assistant to Professor John Randall Trahan, Louis B. Porterie Professor of Law and Saul Litvinoff Distinguished Professor of Law, focusing on the fields of Louisiana assets, sales, and lease regulation. Matt assisted Professor Trahan inside the guidance of latest tendencies substances for Louisiana Property, sales, and rent regulation, and in drafting Professor Trahan s Precis on Louisiana Law of Property.
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Legal Issues
- Environmental Law
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
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Languages
- English
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Experience
- Associate
Kean Miller LLP
2013
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