Randall Smith

Randall A. Smith is a veteran trial lawyer and the founder and managing partner of Smith and Fawer, LLC, a boutique litigation firm, which focuses on providing excellent trial counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants in complex cases. Mr. Smith's litigation experience is broad, with a special emphasis on business and commercial litigation, takings/eminent domain litigation, and white collar criminal defense.

Mr. Smith was born in New York and raised in Geneva, Switzerland, and Washington, D.C. His father, Robert S. Smith, was a lifelong diplomat who served, among other posts, on the National Security Council and as the United States Ambassador to The Ivory Coast. His mother, Sally L. Smith, was a pioneer in the field of learning disabilities, who founded The Lab School of Washington, authored ten books in the field, and was a tenured professor at American University. Mr. Smith is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College and Yale Law School who 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.

In addition to his practice, Mr. Smith has been active in numerous bar organizations and has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Loyola University's School of Law for some thirty (30) years, teaching courses on business litigation and white-collar crime every year, in addition to lecturing at many seminars locally and nationally, particularly in the area of eminent domain.

Mr. Smith is a community leader committed to New Orleans who works tirelessly for the betterment and improvement of the City, particularly in the areas of the arts and education, where he supports a wide variety of creative projects. Mr. Smith served for over a decade as President of the Canal Street Development Corporation, a public benefit corporation dedicated to stimulating business development and the adaptive reuse of Canal Street, including bringing back the Saenger Theater following Hurricane Katrina. Course(s) Taught: Criminal Law Seminar: White Collar Crime