Madeline Smith Hebert

Associate
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Primary Office: New Orleans, LA

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Madeline Smith 7673
Madeline Smith 7673

ABOUT

Madeline

Madeline Smith strives to be a valuable advocate for her clients and achieve the best possible results based on their objectives. To that end, she develops a goal-oriented strategy for each case, keeping in mind what judges and juries care about, and taking the time to develop and understand the underlying subject matter. Madeline believes in aggressive advocacy, with insights developed through her litigation experience.

Madeline’s practice focuses on defending claims of personal injury, maritime, and workers’ compensation matters, including Louisiana state and Longshore, construction, and premises liability. Madeline is also proficient in issues of insurance coverage and defense and indemnity obligations.

In her free time, she enjoys baking and spending time with her daughter, husband, cats, and dogs.

Representative Matters

  • Achieved a directed verdict in a maritime allision case at trial.
  • Obtained a complete dismissal of construction defect claim against client on exception of peremption.
  • Completed several coverage opinions related to housing associations, toxin exposure, and construction defect claims.
  • Successfully argued a motion to compel discovery to obtain medical funding company payment amounts to reduce a settlement demand.

Education

  • J.D., Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
  • B.S., Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business

Admissions

  • Louisiana
  • Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Louisiana
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Associations
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Bar Association
    • Young Lawyers Division Top 40 Award Recipient, 2023
  • New Orleans Bar Association
  • Lafayette Bar Association, CLE Committee

Awards & Recognitions

• LSBA Young Lawyers Division Top 40 Award Recipient, 2023

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