Renee F. Smith practices in the following areas of law: Education Law; Employment Law; Insurance Defense; Communications Law; Personal Injury Law; Class Actions; Broadcast Regulation; Communications and Media; Cable Franchising; Cable Communications; Mass Media Law; Telecommunications Law; Environmental Law; Labor and Employment; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Commercial Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Class Action Defense; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Business Law; Civil Rights; Entertainment Law; Toxic Torts Admitted: 1995, Louisiana; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana; 2001, Texas; 2008, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit Law School: Loyola University, J.D., 1994 College: Loyola University (B.A., 1990; M.A., 1994) Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Biography: Cardinal Key Honor Society. President, Phi Alpha Delta, 1993-1994. Recipient, Master's of Arts in Communications, Thesis: Trout A La Green Plague Redux: Defamation Law in Louisiana. Assistant Bar Examiner, Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Bar Admissions Committee, 2005—. Instructor, Baton Rouge College of Paralegal Studies, 2002 & 2005. Board Member, 2007—, Voter Service Committee Co-chair 2007—, League of Women Voters of New Orleans. Member: Algiers Economic Development Foundation; World Affairs Council of New Orleans; French-American Chamber of Commerce; CODOFIL Westbank. Chair, Homeowners' Association Night Out Against Crime, 2006, 2007, 2008. Graduate, Metropolitan Leadership Forum (Committee for a Better New Orleans/Metropolitan Area Committee, 2007). Honoree, New Orleans City Business Newspaper Leadership in Law Award, 2008. Reported Cases: Le Blanc v. Lakeside Hospital, 732 So. 2d 576 (La. App. 5th Cir. 1999); Sanders v. Orleans Parish School Board, 916 So. 2d 1066 (La. 2005); Tatum v. Orleans Parish School Board , ___ So. 2d ___, 2008 WL 1042951, 2007-0613 (La.App. 4 Cir. 4/9/08), La.App. 4 Cir., April 09, 2008 (No. 2007-CA-0613). Born: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 25, 1968 |
