Andrea J. Smith
Ms. Smith is the founding owner of A. Smith Law Group, LLP, specializing in high exposure personal injury actions. She is a trial attorney with over 20 years experience in representing Fortune 500 and insurance companies, as well as small business and private clients from inception through trial and appeal. She is admitted to practice law in New York and Connecticut, the Eastern and Southern District Courts of New York, and the Supreme Court of the United States. A trained nurse who practiced in the New York Metropolitan area before earning her law degree, Ms. Smith also served as an adjunct professor at Mercy College in White Plains, New York from 2002 through 2009, teaching legal issues to legal nurse consultants and nurses.
Ms. Smith has a keen understanding of the necessity for a cost-balanced approach to litigation where matters are vigorously defended, yet legal costs are contained wherever possible. Moreover, her philosophy relative to staffing provides the Firm’s clients with instant accountability and continuity on all matters.
Ms. Smith’s approach to complex litigation is to provide stable, defense-oriented representation with verdict minded aggressiveness. She has successfully defended many high-risk, high-exposure cases and is renowned for her tenaciousness and willingness to try difficult cases to verdict. Her reputation enhances the team’s success rate in the courtroom as well as at the negotiating table. Ms. Smith has developed relationships with the best qualified and most renowned medical and other technical experts, thereby providing the defense of every matter with a highly credentialed and experienced team of experts.
Practice Areas:
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Asbestos
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Brown Fields and Environmental Clean-up
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Chemical Exposure/Hazardous Materials
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Construction Defects
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Environmental/Toxic Tort Litigation
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Hydraulic Fracturing
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Lead Paint and Mold Exposures
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Nursing Home Liability
Education:
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1994
Queens College, B.A., 1991
Queensborough Community College, AAS Nursing, 1986
Admitted to Practice:
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New York -All Courts
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United States District Courts, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
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Connecticut – State Court
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United States Supreme Court
Affiliations:
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Association of Professional Insurance Women
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Claims Litigation Management Alliance
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Defense Research Institute
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Fairfield County Bar Association; Co-chair Environmental Committee
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New York State Bar Association
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The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, Inc.
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Ms. Smith is also a recognized member of the Cambridge Who’s Who National Registry
