A Lake Charles native and seasoned litigator, Matt Keating graduated from Barbe High School with honors in 1998. As a member of Mudd Bruchhaus & Keating, he devotes his knowledge and more than ten years of litigation experience to ensuring positive outcomes for his clients. The focus of his practice encompasses a variety of civil claims and transactional work, concentrating on personal injury and environmental litigation. To date, he has represented hundreds of landowners in environmental contamination cases arising out of historical oil & gas exploration and production on their properties. Matt has also successfully handled personal injury cases of all kinds involving motor vehicle accidents to on-the-job accidents with injuries ranging from back and neck surgery, severe burns, traumatic brain injury, and paraplegia.
Matt has successfully tried numerous jury and bench trials across Louisiana — including in Calcasieu, Cameron, Beauregard, Orleans, Terrebonne, Lafayette, Acadia, Caddo, East Baton Rouge, and St. Tammany parishes.
Matt married his wife Amanda in 2007, and the couple has four children: Rylee, Miles, Alex, and Rosalie. He has served on numerous local boards of directors and advisory boards for schools, churches, and charitable organizations.
Individual Practice Areas
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Back Surgeries
- Broken Bones
- Neck Surgeries
- Paraplegia
- Severe Burns
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Automobile & Trucking Accidents
- 18 Wheeler Accidents
- Car Wrecks
- Maritime & Offshore Accidents
- General Maritime Law
- Jones Act
- Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
- Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
- Unseaworthiness
- Workers’ Compensation Litigation
- On-the-Job Injuries
- Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation
- Environmental Litigation
- Historical Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Property Damage
- Oilfield & Land Contamination Claims
- Business & Corporate Litigation
- Business Formations
- Business Mergers & Acquisitions
- Collections
- Contract Disputes
- Oil & Gas Litigation
- Downhole Damage/Loss Cases
- Louisiana Oil Well Lien Act Cases
- Personal Injury Claims
Education
Louisiana State University 2003
Bachelor of Arts, Business Management
President’s Honor Roll
Dean’s List
South Texas College of Law 2006
Juris Doctor
J.D. Hirsch Scholarship Award
Phi Delta Phi Honors Fraternity
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana State Courts
- Texas State Courts
- United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Professional Associations & Memberships
- Southwest Louisiana Bar Association
- Past Executive Council Member
- Past Treasurer
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Member of 2013 Leadership Class
- Past Member of House of Delegates
- American Bar Association
- Southwest Louisiana Bar Foundation
- Judge Albert Tate American Inn of Court
- Texas State Bar Association
- [American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys 10 Best Seal]
Community Involvement
- St. Martin De Porres Catholic Church
