Attorney Kristi Schubert

Kristi S. Schubert

Trial Attorney

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Kristi Schubert is an experienced civil litigation and personal injury attorney with active experience in jury trials in both state and federal court. A substantial part of her practice involves representing survivors of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation in civil lawsuits. She has successfully litigated against a wide variety of organizations including churches, schools, private employers, medical facilities, and youth-facing organizations, and she has obtained compensation for countless survivors. Ms. Schubert has written and lectured on the topic of representing survivors of sexual abuse, and she is an avid advocate for educating the community about the legal rights of survivors of abuse.

Additionally, Ms. Schubert also has extensive experience representing individuals who have been catastrophically injured as a result of the negligence of others, including in automobile accident claims and in premises liability claims.

Super Lawyers® selected Ms. Schubert to the 2019 Louisiana Rising Stars list. These attorneys are recognized as outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than 2.5 percent of the attorneys in the state are named to the Rising Star list.

In 2019 and 2021, and 2022, she was also selected as one of the Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in Louisiana by The National Trial Lawyers. Only a select few of the most qualified attorneys from each state receive this honor.

New Orleans CityBusiness selected Ms. Schubert as a winner of the Leadership in Law class of 2021 and 2022. Honorees are selected based on their professional and community involvement and achievements.

As a member of the Louisiana Association for Justice, she headed the LAJ Women’s Caucus Publications Committee for 2019-2020, has written several articles for the LAJ Louisiana Advocates publication, and received the 2015 and 2020 LAJ Community Service Awards.

Kristi Schubert graduated summa cum laude from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. She was awarded her Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law, where she was a note editor for the Public Interest Law Journal, as well as Co-Director of the Student Advisory Commission and Co-Chair for the Public Interest Project Charity Auction.

Ms. Schubert began her legal career at one of Delaware’s largest law firms, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, in Wilmington, Delaware, where she worked on multi-million dollar corporate law cases, including mergers and acquisitions, Chapter 11 reorganizations, and commercial litigation. In 2012, Ms. Schubert relocated to New Orleans and established Schubert Legal to focus on her true passion, representation of individual citizens in their time of need. Ms. Schubert joined the Lamothe Law Firm in 2017.

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