Lea Ann Smith
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Lea Ann is a member of our Product Liability, Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation group. She focuses her practice on Environmental Litigation and Asbestos, Silica, and Toxic Tort Litigation.
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- Associations
- Bar Admissions
- Distinctions
- Education & Honors
- Experience
- In the News
- Papers, Presentations, & Publications
Bar Admissions
- Kentucky, 2002
- Mississippi, 2003
- Louisiana, 2013
- U.S. District Courts
- Kentucky: Eastern, Western
- Mississippi: Northern, Southern
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- 6th Circuit
Distinctions
- Mid-South Rising Stars®, Personal Injury Defense, General, 2010-Present
- The Best Lawyers in America®
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions, 2017-2019
Education & Honors
- Mississippi College, J.D., 2002
- Eastern Kentucky University, B.S., Police Administration, 1999
- Regents Scholar
Experience
- Member of the trial team for target benzene defendant participating in trials in various jurisdictions.
- Served on national coordinating counsel teams in toxic tort litigation, focusing on development of corporate and expert witnesses, facilitating large scale document productions and supervising local counsel.
- Represented clients in toxic tort litigation, including silica, asbestos and chemical exposure cases in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Kentucky.
- Obtained dismissal of breach of contract claim for multi-national company and served as counsel in successful appeal in federal court.
- Co-counsel for defendant in multi-party mineral rights action which was favorably resolved.
- Co-counsel for successful contest of OSHA citations stemming from fatal pipeline explosion.
- Represented manufacturers of industrial machinery and medical devices in products liability and personal injury claims.
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Speaker, “Most Active Jurisdictions,” Harris Martin National Litigation Conference, 2013.