Matthew Rogenes

“I grew up the son of a preacher in northeastern Montana. From an early age I watched my father stand up for people who had little power and even less voice. That example stayed with me long after I left Glasgow High School and the University of Montana with a degree in history. Much like my contemporaries at the Adam Davis Law Firm, after college I worked in an industry where the physical toll is taken on the body and great risk is at stake.

I went to work in the North Dakota oilfields. What I saw there changed everything. Safety rules and environmental protections were treated as obstacles rather than obligations whenever they stood in the way of production and profit. Regular men and women were the ones who paid the price—sometimes with their health, sometimes with their lives. I left the oilfields knowing I wanted to spend my career on the other side of that fight."

Education

University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, B.A. – 2010, Major: History
Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, J.D. – 2015

Admissions

Louisiana
Louisiana State Bar Association
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana
U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

Memberships & Affiliations

Louisiana Association for Justice
American Association for Justice
Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
Louisiana State Bar Association
New Orleans Bar Association
A.P. Tureaud Inn of Court
Tulane Inn of Court
Brain Injury Association of Louisiana

Honors & Awards

Selected to Rising Stars - Super Lawyers 2018-2025

About

Matt joined Adam Davis Law Firm in 2026. He concentrates his practice on jury trials; maritime injury cases, and cases involving brain and spine injuries, as well as incidents involving large commercial vehicles or eighteen wheelers, and wrongful death.

Matt cares deeply about protecting the rights of over 4.5 million Louisianans. He is a member of the Louisiana Association for Justice (LAJ), a voluntary bar association with members pledging to promote justice in the workplace, a clean environment, and quality and affordable health care for all. These lawyers seek fairness in the courts for the injured and work to uphold the honor and dignity of the civil justice system and legal profession. Matt serves on the LAJ Board of Directors and is Chair of the LAJ New Orleans Regional Committee.
Matt’s community involvement stretches beyond Louisiana. He works with the American Association for Justice (AAJ), another voluntary group that promotes justice and fairness for injured persons, safeguards victims’ rights and the right to a jury trial on a national level. He serves on several AAJ committees, including the Membership Oversight Committee, the Law Schools Committee, the Public Education Committee, and the Committee on the Judiciary.

Matt is the son of a preacher, originally from northeastern Montana. He graduated from Glasgow High School before attending the University of Montana where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in History. After college, Matt worked in the North Dakota oilfields, where he witnessed first-hand how environmental and worker-safety regulations are disregarded for the true company line - profits.

Even before law school, Matt’s goal was to represent regular, working people, in their fight for justice against the corporations and insurance companies who had hurt them.

Matt earned his J.D. from Tulane University Law School. During his time at Tulane, Matt achieved honors in Trial Advocacy. He was an active member of the Tulane Environmental Law Program, and he represented heroic women as a student attorney with the Tulane Domestic Violence Clinic.

Outside the courtroom, Matt enjoys stories, music, and spending time with his wife Elise, and two daughters Jeanne and Louise.

Publications & Presentations

Publications

“Trucking Litigation: Negligent Hiring Claims Against Transportation Brokers are Not Preempted by Federal Law” Louisiana Advocates, July. 2026 pp 7-11.
“Taking Treating-Physician Depositions in Serious Injury Cases” Louisiana Advocates, Apr. 2026 pp. 7-13.
“How Article 1442 Deposition Notices Help Fight Discovery Obstruction” Louisiana Advocates, Sept. 2025 pp. 9-12.
“How to Limit an Expert’s Testimony During Trial Even When the Judge Denies Your Daubert Motion” Louisiana Advocates, April 2025 pp. 11-12.
“The Cure for Deposition Obstruction” Louisiana Advocates, Nov. 2024 pp. 18-22.

Presentations

How to Land the Job of Your Dreams: The Dos and Don’ts of Summer Clerkships, Panel Discussion, New Orleans Bar Association, May 28, 2026.
Behind the Curtain: Lawmaking, Advocacy, and What it Really Means for Your Future Clients, Moderator, Louisiana Association for Justice/Tulane University Law School, January 26, 2026.
Legislative Update: Tort Reform and Other Changes, New Orleans Bar Association Procrastinators Program, December 10, 2025, New Orleans, LA. (Continued Legal Education for Lawyers).
PFAS and AFFF: Review and Analysis of Multi-District Litigation, Moderator, Panel Discussion, Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit, February 23, 2024.
Environmental Litigation Panel New Orleans Bar Association Procrastinators Program, December 11, 2024, New Orleans, LA. (Continued Legal Education for Lawyers).

“I came to Tulane Law School with a clear purpose: to represent working people against the corporations and insurance companies that had harmed them. At Tulane I earned honors in Trial Advocacy, worked with the Environmental Law Program, and served as a student attorney in the Domestic Violence Clinic, standing beside women who needed someone in their corner. Those experiences confirmed what I already believed—justice is not abstract. It is personal, and it is hard-won.

I joined Adam Davis Law Firm in 2026 because this is a place that tries cases and fights for the injured. My practice focuses on jury trials, maritime injuries, brain and spine trauma, commercial-vehicle and eighteen-wheeler wrecks, and wrongful death. I still carry the same conviction I had in the oilfields: the people who do the work deserve lawyers who will stand up for them when companies and insurers will not.

Protecting the rights of Louisiana’s working families is not just my job—it is the reason I became a lawyer.”