Jacki Smith

Proven Verdicts
Partner at Lambert Zainey
New Orleans, LA13 years experienceAdmitted 2012

About Jacki Smith

Jacki Smith is a partner at Lambert Zainey Smith & Soso in New Orleans, dedicated to representing injured maritime workers, with special focus on commercial divers and seamen. Raised in Patterson, Louisiana in St. Mary Parish, she comes from a family with deep roots in marine and offshore work. Since joining The Lambert Firm in 2013, she has handled Jones Act claims, maintenance and cure disputes, vessel collisions, wrongful death claims, and LHWCA matters.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$125 millionSettlement

Lambert Zainey represented three former Hanford nuclear site managers who blew the whistle on contractors Bechtel and URS for charging the federal government for deficient nuclear-quality materials and funding illegal lobbying, securing a $125 million False Claims Act settlement in 2016.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington (Spokane) · 2016Read the full story →
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Practice areas

Education

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
J.D., 2012

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Louisiana, admitted 2012

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers (Louisiana)

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