Jay Earl Smith
Member
Email: jes@slwlaw.com

Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Civil Litigation; Banking Law; Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Product Liability; Personal Injury Defense; Appellate Practice.

Admitted: 1980, Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah; 1981, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: University of Utah, J.D., 1980

College: University of Utah, Honors B.A., magna cum laude, 1977

Member: State Bar of Utah; State Bar of Nevada; Federal Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation, Tort and Insurance; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Labor and Employment Law); Defense Research Institute.

Biography: Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. William H. Leary Scholar. Law Clerk to Justice Thomas L. Steffen, Nevada Supreme Court, 1982. Administrative Editor, Journal of Energy Law and Policy, 1979-1980. Moot Court Honors Board Member, 1979-1980. Author: "Electroconvulsive Therapy: The Patient's Right to Consent in Utah," 5 J. Contemp. L., No. 2, 1979. Co-Author: "Trial and Arbitration Practice in Nevada," Lorman Educational Services, 1992. Instructor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Paralegal Orientation, 1987.

Reported Cases: Fritz Hansen A/S v. Eighth Judicial Distrtict Court, 116 Nev. 650, 6 P.3d 982 (2000); Davidson v. Velsicol Chemical Corporation, 108 Nev. 591, 834 P.2d 931 (1992); Velsicol Chemical Corporation v. Davidson, 107 Nev. 356, 811 P.2d 561 (1991); Nevada State Bank v. Jamison Family Partnership, 106 Nev. 792, 801 P.2d 1377 (1990); Riley v. Rockwell, 103 Nev. 698, 747 P.2d 903 (1987); Lowden Investment Company v. General Electric Credit Company, 103 Nev. 374, 741 P.2d 806 (1987).

Born: Salt Lake City, Utah, November 15, 1953

ISLN: 903616940