Mr. Smith is extremely experienced on both sides of personal injury cases. Mr. Smith has three decades of experience representing defendants in regard to tort-based claims of negligence, premises liability, medical malpractice, class action, and product liability. He has had experience managing the defense of large class action and multiple plaintiff claims regarding product liability. He has also had extensive experience managing workers' compensation claims for employers from initial hearings before administrative judges through Supreme Court appeals. For several years he also had a very significant plaintiffs' personal injury practice. Mr. Smith is likely one of the few attorneys in Southern Nevada to have tried personal injury cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, giving Mr. Smith a unique perspective and a level of experience seldom found. He is also a AAA trained and certified mediator and an arbitrator with great experience in personal injury cases.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
(1) Jewell Reddick v. National Convenience Stores
Hon. Philip Pro, presiding judge. Opposing Counsel: Samuel Harding, Esq.; Martin Kravitz, Esq.
I was defending a convenience store in a personal injury suit. At trial, I was opposed by two experienced litigators who tag-teamed against me – yet I prevailed. I learned how important it was to investigate the facts and pay attention to the details. I discovered a key discrepancy in plaintiff's case that plaintiff's counsel was not even aware of.
(2) William Sisson v. Bradley Thompson M.D.
Hon. Sally Loehrer, presiding judge. Opposing Counsel: James Rosenberger, Esq.
This was a fascinating case where I represented the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case along with co-counsel. My client was a 60-year-old man who went to his internist with chest complaints which turned out to be male breast cancer. His doctor did not consider breast cancer as a possible diagnosis until years later. Both sides presented testimony regarding the standard of care.
(1) Jewell Reddick v. National Convenience Stores
Hon. Philip Pro, presiding judge. Opposing Counsel: Samuel Harding, Esq.; Martin Kravitz, Esq.
I was defending a convenience store in a personal injury suit. At trial, I was opposed by two experienced litigators who tag-teamed against me – yet I prevailed. I learned how important it was to investigate the facts and pay attention to the details. I discovered a key discrepancy in plaintiff's case that plaintiff's counsel was not even aware of.
(2) William Sisson v. Bradley Thompson M.D.
Hon. Sally Loehrer, presiding judge. Opposing Counsel: James Rosenberger, Esq.
This was a fascinating case where I represented the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case along with co-counsel. My client was a 60-year-old man who went to his internist with chest complaints which turned out to be male breast cancer. His doctor did not consider breast cancer as a possible diagnosis until years later. Both sides presented testimony regarding the standard of care.
TOPICAL PUBLICATIONS
"The Proper Measure of Damages in a Tort Case . . . (Apparently Can Be Whatever The Trial Judge Thinks It Ought To Be)" by Kirby J. Smith. Originally published in COMMUNIQUÉ, the official journal of the Clark County Bar Association (CCBA) (December 2012, Vol. 33, No. 12). (For permission to reprint contact the editor-in-chief at CCBA, 717 S. 8th St., Las Vegas, NV 89101. Phone: (702) 387-6011, editor@clarkcountybar.org.)
"The Proper Measure of Damages in a Tort Case . . . (Apparently Can Be Whatever The Trial Judge Thinks It Ought To Be)" by Kirby J. Smith. Originally published in COMMUNIQUÉ, the official journal of the Clark County Bar Association (CCBA) (December 2012, Vol. 33, No. 12). (For permission to reprint contact the editor-in-chief at CCBA, 717 S. 8th St., Las Vegas, NV 89101. Phone: (702) 387-6011, editor@clarkcountybar.org.)