Taylor Phuong-Anh Smith

Taylor Phuong-Anh Smith is a member of the Adams and Reese Litigation Practice. Based in the New Orleans office and licensed to practice in Louisiana, Taylor represents corporate clients through all stages of the litigation process and advises them on any potential litigious disputes that may impact their business operations moving forward.

Taylor is a former law clerk at various law firms throughout the Greater New Orleans area, including at Adams and Reese, where she worked closely with attorneys on a variety of complex substantive and procedural matters in support of litigation for maritime, insurance, and medical malpractice matters. Taylor is proficient in video production, enabling her to use her technological skills for clients for in and out of the courtroom presentations.

Taylor has both a business and legal background with an M.B.A. and J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Business and College of Law, respectively. Taylor was chief of staff at the Loyola Journal of Public Interest and was the President of the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association. She earned awards in legal research and writing, and received a Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship certificate.

Taylor earned her B.S., magna cum laude, in Business Data Analytics from Arizona State University, W.P. Carey School of Business. Taylor minored in Statistics. She was a matching committee member for the Alpha Chi Omega Zeta Pi Chapter.

In the New Orleans community, Taylor volunteers for the St. Joseph Mission Vietnamese Church, where she assists on fundraising and parish events. A New Orleans native, Taylor graduated high school from Louise S. McGehee.