Phillip M. Smith is a Partner at NeunerPate in Lafayette. His practice is focused primarily on maritime law and personal-injury litigation. He regularly defends clients in Jones Act cases, oil and gas casualties, property damage claims, platform injuries, construction, and products liability. He also routinely handles maritime contractual disputes, particularly with respect to defense, indemnity, and additional insured obligations. For the past nine years, he has coached the LSU Law Admiralty Moot Court Team that competes annually in a national competition against other law schools. He is a member of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and Maritime Law Association of the Unites States.