EDMUND J. SCHMIDT, III
eschmidt@drslawfirm.com

EDUCATION
Vanderbilt University (B.A., with honors, 1980); The L.S.U. Law Center, Baton Rouge, LA (1984)

ADMISSIONS
Louisiana (1984);Tennessee (2001). U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

EXPERIENCE
Private practice Baton Rouge, LA (1984-1986); Jefferson, LA (1986-2001). Mr. Schmidt also served as General Counsel for the Louisiana Department of Agriculture, as a trial attorney for the Jefferson Parish Louisiana Indigent Defender’s Office and as a Cooperating attorney for the ACLU in Louisiana. He is a 1998 graduate of the prestigious Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College. He also served as a Better Business Bureau Senior Arbitrator from 1986-2001. Mr. Schmidt has obtained significant verdicts and/or judgments on behalf of plaintiffs in the areas of medical malpractice, products liability, professional negligence, civil rights, unfair trade practices, RICO, and wrongful death.

PUBLICATIONS
Damages in Tennessee Civil Trial Practice (NBI, 2003)

REPORTED CASES
Citation List.

PRACTICE AREAS
Personal Injury, Civil Rights, Wrongful Death, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability Law; and Complex Civil Litigation.