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MATT JONES

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,
Baton Rouge

ESG Committee Chair

T  225.341.3825
mjones@liskow.com
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Practices

  • Energy – Litigation
  • Personal Injury
  • Products Liability

Assistant

Dovie Nash

225.341.4660

“Even after all these years of being involved with all manner of businesses, I am still fascinated by the challenges my clients face. I feel privileged when asked to help find solutions to those problems.” 

Overview

Matt Jones has been trying cases for decades and in every commercial field. He loves transforming complex cases into compelling narratives for judges and jurors. His experience is both broad and deep, and spans several states. 

His recent matters include: 

  • Prevailing over a governmental effort to block a major fracking project. 
  • Defending an interest owner against complex multi-state property claims. 
  • Dismissal of an international hedge fund suit against an operator in a development project. 
  • Defending a national college testing group in claims arising from an NCAA cheating scandal. 
  • Obtaining dismissal of claims by a federal elected official against a major publisher. 

These cases often involve tens of millions of dollars, and not uncommonly they invite press scrutiny.  Matt has guided his clients through all dimensions of such complicated matters. 

Matt is a founding donor and active participant in New Hope Community Development of Acadiana, an organization dedicated to educational achievement for at-risk children. He has also represented indigent defendants as well as neglected and abused children on a pro bono basis. He is a licensed private pilot.

Involvement

Professional

  • Institute for Energy Law - Litigation and Dispute Resolution Committee, Chair
  • Federal Bar Association Lafayette - Acadiana Chapter, Immediate Past President
  • Lafayette Parish, Louisiana State, Texas and Federal Bar Associations - Member
  • Lafayette Parish Bar Association - "Everyday Hero" award recipient for his work with children

Community

  • Tutor and a court-appointed advocate for abused and neglected children, junior-high level and younger
  • Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) - Program for abused children - Member

Recognition

  • Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year," Energy Law, Baton Rouge, 2023
  • “Everyday Hero,” Lafayette Parish Bar Association, in recognition of youth advocacy
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Energy Law, 2012–2023

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Credentials

Education

  • Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D., 1989)
    • Order of the Coif (Top 10%)
    • Louisiana Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1988-1989
  • Louisiana State University (B.A., 1986)

Bar Admissions

  • Texas, 1990
  • Louisiana, 1989

Clerkships

Law Clerk to the Honorable W. Eugene Davis, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1989 - 1990

Presentations

  • “Lesson from Our Father: A Brother and Sister Discuss the Foundations of Their Ethical Sense,” LSU CLE, November 4, 2022
  • "Ethics: ESG," Liskow & Lewis Energy Law Seminar, October 28, 2021
  • “Effective Opening Statements and Closing Arguments,” December 12, 2017, LSBA Trial Practice, New Orleans, LA

After Hours

Hunting, fishing, and flying airplanes.

WHAT’S TRENDING WITH Matt

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    08.18.22
    85 Liskow Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings) 2023
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    08.19.21
    74 Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2022 Edition
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    08.20.20
    Sixty-Two Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, BL Rankings, LLC, 2021 Edition
    3 minute read
  • News
    08.15.19
    Fifty-Seven Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, BL Rankings, LLC, 2020 Edition
    3 minute read
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    11.15.18
    Liskow & Lewis Expands into Baton Rouge
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    08.15.18
    Eight Liskow Attorneys named Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” and Fifty-Two Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, BL Rankings, LLC, 2019
    3 minute read
  • News
    08.16.17
    Seven Liskow Attorneys Named Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year and Forty-Nine Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward White, Inc. 2018
    3 minute read
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    08.15.16
    Eight Liskow Attorneys named Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year and Fifty-One Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward White, Inc.
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    08.17.15
    Fifty Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward White, Inc.
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