MATHILDE V. SEMMES

About

Mathilde’s decade of legal practice has spanned from representing contractors and insurance companies in mass tort litigation – including trial and appellate work – to mediating hundreds of hurricane damage claims on behalf of a state insurance guaranty association. She is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and Tennessee.

  

Mathilde volunteers her time representing minors in immigration cases in Tennessee.

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Practice Areas

• Commercial Litigation

• Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

• Products Liability and Toxic Tort

 

Notable representations

• Defense of hundreds of lawsuits brought by plaintiffs for property damage arising out of Hurricanes Laura, Delta, Zeta and Ida.

• Successful defense of client in toxic tort lawsuit, resulting in a dismissal from suit after the jury was chosen.

• Defense of manufacturer and professional vendor claims relating to product defects, including successful summary judgment motions relating to certain allegations.

 

Education

• Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, J.D., Order of the Barristers, 2014

• Rhodes College, B.A. cum laude, 2010

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Experience

• Courington, Kiefer, Sommers, Marullo, Matherne & Bell

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Honors and Achievements

• Louisiana Super Lawyers: Rising Star, 2020-2025​

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ADMISSIONS

• Louisiana

• Tennessee

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MEMBERSHIP/AFFILIATIONS

• Louisiana State Bar Foundation

• Tennessee Bar Association

• Defense Research Institute