
William N. Mathews
Associate Direct: 225.382.4648
Fax: 225.388.9133
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"I am proud to serve as an associate at Kean Miller, where I focus on products liability, casualty, and mass torts litigation. I am committed to delivering strategic and effective solutions to meet my clients’ needs."
Will Mathews practices with the casualty and mass tort litigation group. Will represents clients in complex products liability, general litigation, and personal injury defense. He has experience in products liability cases across industries.
Prior to joining the firm, Will served as a federal judicial extern to Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick of the Middle District of Louisiana.
- Argued and prevailed on motion to dismiss in favor of client against claims alleging bad faith actions.
- Assisted in successful summary judgment arguments against personal injury claims brought against client.
- LSU Law Center, J.D./D.C.L./G.C.E.P.T., magna cum laude, 2023
- Member, Order of the Coif
- Member, Board of Advocates
- Member, Public Interest Law Society
- Member, Maritime Law Society
- Secretary, Tax Law Society
- Senior Editor and Junior Associate, Louisiana Law Review
- Semifinalist, 2nd Best Brief and 2nd Best Oralist, Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition
- Quarterfinalist, Stutes-Kalinka National Tax Moot Court Team
- LSU, B.S., Accounting, 2020
- Louisiana
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- Ohio (Pro Hac Vice)
- Georgia (Pro Hac Vice)
- U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island (Pro Hac Vice)
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Pro Hac Vice)
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Pro Hac Vice)
- Member, Louisiana State Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Federal Bar Association
- Member, Fifth Circuit Bar Association
- "30(b)(6) Depositions: The More You Know," Texas Law Blog, March 21, 2025
- "Should Online Marketplace Operators Fear Being Liable for All of Their Sellers? An Overview of the Louisiana Supreme Court's Pickard v. Amazon Decision," Louisiana Law Blog, December 11, 2024
- "It Looks Like a Vessel, It Moves Like a Vessel, But It’s Not a Vessel: Revisiting Vessel Status in Louisiana after Caldwell v. St. Charles Gaming Company," Louisiana Law Review, Volume 83, Issue 3