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THE FIRM
PARTNERS
Edwin L. Smith
Thomas
Michael Laquercia
Reed M.
Podell
ASSOCIATE
PROFILES:
Robert
W. Napoles
Sharon
C. Yontef
Tracy L. Groves
Lana S. Kaganovsky
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The Firm Partners:
Edwin L. Smith
Edwin L. Smith is a veteran litigator specializing in
complex cases. He has tried more than 50 jury trials to verdict. He has
special expertise in the areas of products liability (including medical
products, physical exercise and therapy equipment), contractors=
liability, construction defect, premises liability, property and inland
marine claims, false arrest and imprisonment, assaults, errors and
omissions (attorneys, architects, insurance and reinsurance brokers,
adjusters, podiatrists, dentists), fine arts losses, complex coverage
disputes, OL&T, automobile and hospital liability. Having
represented excess and reinsurance carriers, Mr. Smith has also developed
a keen awareness of claims handling from a broader perspective than that
usually associated with trial counsel.
Mr. Smith has authored several insurance related
articles, including: Undocumented
Aliens= Lost Wage Claims Limited by Federal Policy, New York
Law Journal, February 4, 2005; Hoffman
Plastic Compounds v. NLRB: Have Undocumented Aliens Lost the Right to
Recover Unearned Lost Wages as Damages in Personal Injury Actions?
Vol. 32, No. 1, NYSBA Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section
Journal, Summer 2003; The Public
Policy of Workers= Compensation Law Sec. 11 Prevails Against Collateral Estoppel Argument, Vol. 31, No. 1, NYSBA
Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section Journal, Spring 2002. Excess Insurance Update: Bad Faith Claims and
Allocation of Primary Defense Costs, Insurance Law Journal,
July, 1980; Triangular Reciprocity:
Cutting Edge of Primary/Excess Liability, published in both
The National Underwriter, Property and Casualty 1979; and in The National
Underwriter, Property and Casualty Edition, International Insurance and
Reinsurance Review, December 7, 1979; and, Products Liability: A Compendium of Reform, 51.4
Houston Law Review 871, May 1978; McCarran‑Ferguson: A Perspective of Current Trends and Issues,
Vol. XIV The Forum No. 5, Summer, 1979. In addition, he has also
been a featured speaker on insurance topics.
Mr. Smith is a graduate of Brooklyn
Law School,
and a member of the New York
and Federal Bars, the New York State Bar Association, Nassau County Bar
Association, the New York County Lawyers Association, the Defense
Research Institute, the Defense Association of New York and an associate
member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He has
served as a per diem Administrative Law Judge for the Bureau of
Adjudication of the New York Department of Health and as an arbitrator
for the American Arbitration Association. His community involvement
has included service in the Jericho Volunteer Fire Department, Trustee of
the Birchwood Civic Association and Chairman of the Board and Trustee of
the Jericho Jewish Center.
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