.jpg)
Serving the Plaintiff Bar with Research, Writing, and Advocacy for All Your Litigation Needs
BATTLE-TESTED LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT ADVOCATES
The Law of Office of Mary Watson Smith assists lawyers and law firms with high-stakes motion practice and appeals arising out of any area of state or federal law. Having clerked for four different judges over five years and having cultivated her litigation talents in the trenches as an Assistant District Attorney, Mary has developed a rare insight into how to communicate most effectively with a judicial audience.
Over the past five years, she has assembled a matchless team of brilliant writers. Together, they have worked with some of the most prominent and effective litigators in the State. Mary has appeared as co-counsel of record in numerous successful cases before the Louisiana Supreme Court and has worked behind the scenes on several other Louisiana Supreme Court wins. She looks forward to putting her proven skills to work for you and your clients.
CAREERS
From the outset, we decided that everyone at our firm would be paid competitively for every minute they were away from family because our clients could trust that every one of those minutes was a worthwhile spend. Mary started the firm in 2020 as a way to continue a career she loved while still being a hands-on mom to two (now three!) small children, and she is thrilled that her success has allowed her to extend that same opportunity to others. For similarly driven, detail-oriented lawyers who have established themselves as excellent writers, she has carved out a third option beyond government salaries and big law time commitments.
​
We are deeply committed to our civil justice system. We have worked on myriad landmark cases and, through our advocacy, we have shaped Louisiana law to make it more friendly to Louisiana citizens. We are constantly looking for new talent to join us in our fight to keep the doors of the courthouse open to Louisiana plaintiffs.
Testimonials
Why Us
One of the things that distinguishes a Louisiana Supreme Court law clerk from any other law clerk in the state is the sheer variety of work that a Justice’s “elbow clerk” must be accustomed to handling on a daily basis.
In any given day at the Court, a Justice’s clerk could start her day working on a writ involving the open and obvious nature of an alleged defect and could end it with an emergency writ application seeking review of an order denying a criminal defendant’s motion to reduce bail. Elbow clerks quickly grow accustomed to pivoting on a dime between...
© 2025 by The Law Office of Mary Watson Smith, L.L.C. All rights reserved.