Matthew Douglas McConnell
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Before starting a law practice in his hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana, Matt left home to acquire the education and experience he needed to represent the people of Lafayette and Acadiana in legal matters.
Earning first a college degree from Sewanee and then a law degree, with honors, from Tulane, Matt was a DeBlois-Sewanee Scholar and honors trial advocate. And he obtained the Tulane Civil Litigation Clinic's then highest ever trial award for an indigent client.
Matt's law practice now draws on a wide range of experience and education to serve injured people in any Louisiana state or federal court.
Matt has extensive courtroom experience from a 25-plus-year civil litigation practice and from trying cases in his early practice years as a felony prosecutor. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
The firm also handles wills, successions and probate as well as select criminal and business matters.
- Tulane University School of Law
- J.D. (1996) | Law
- Honors: Cum Laude, Honors Trial Advocacy, Moot Court Board
- Activities: Civil Litigation Clinic, highest monetary judgment of record
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- University of the South
- B.A. (1992) | Modern History
- Honors: Order of Gownsmen academic honor society; Varsity Baseball all-conference infielder/RBI leader
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- Former Chairman
- Lafayette/Acadiana Chapter Federal Bar Association
- Current
- Former Board Member, Federal Civil Practice Section
- Federal Bar Association
- Former Assistant District Attorney
- Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office
- Felony Prosecutor
- Louisiana State Bar
- Member
- Current
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- Lafayette Bar Association
- Current
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- Federal Bar Association - Lafayette/Acadiana Chapter
- President
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- Federal Bar Association - Federal Practice Section
- Board Member
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- Louisiana
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- 5th Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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Free Consultation
Free consultations in injury and referral cases - Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Workers' Compensation
- Probate
- Probate Administration
- Maritime Law
- Auto/18-wheeler accidents
- English: Spoken, Written
- French: Spoken
- Spanish: Spoken