About
Mr. Smith has practiced as a trial attorney for the reason that graduating Notre Dame Law School in 1992. He has litigated instances across the us of a which includes instances from Ventura County, California to Middlesex County, New Jersey. He practices in each State and Federal courts.
In 2017, he started representing Michigan cities and counties in what has shaped up to be one of the biggest pieces of litigation ever in the history of our federal courtroom gadget. The majority of Northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula counties retained Mr. Smith and his group to represent their interests in MDL 2804, in RE: National Prescription Opioid Litigation presently pending inside the Federal Court for the Northern District of Ohio. In 2017, he commenced submitting Ethicon PhysioMesh cases here in Michigan. Those instances are presently pending as a part of a Federal Multidistrict Litigation inside the Northern District of Georgia.
In addition to complex Federal Court MDLs, he represents individuals in a wide array of instances. In 1998, in Oscoda County, he received the highest plaintiffs verdict in the history of that county. He has a established song document now not simplest in harm cases, however divorce, criminal, and civil litigation.
In 2002, at 34 years of age, he turned into one of the youngest legal professionals within the kingdom to acquire an AV-score, the highest rating, from Martindale-Hubbell. In 2016, 2018 and 2020, Best Lawyers indexed Mr. Smith as the Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year for Northern Michigan. Both Best Lawyers and Martindale-Hubbell depend on peer assessment from other legal professionals and nearby judges as to those ratings, which, represent the best stage of expert excellence inside the discipline. Mr. Smith was recognized as one of the Top 100 trial lawyers inside the State of Michigan via The National Trial Lawyers in 2019.
Mr Smith enjoys looking and fishing during Northern Michigan and currently enjoys being an empty nester with his spouse now that his three children have headed off to university.
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Legal Issues
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Collections
- Divorce
- Contested Divorce, Property Division, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
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Martindale-Hubbell
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Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
Educations
Graduation year: 1989
Graduation year: 1985
