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Provided by Louis Smith
Litigation
Class Action Litigation
Financial Services Litigation
Appeals & Legal Issues
Louis Smith represents banks, financial services companies, insurance companies and other businesses in a wide range of complex litigation matters, including consumer class actions and commercial contract disputes. He has a national litigation practice and has handled matters in over 25 states. Lou has wide-ranging appellate experience, including arguments before the New Jersey Supreme Court, the New York Court of Appeals and United States Courts of Appeals throughout the country.
Concentrations:
Complex commercial litigation
Class actions
Appellate
Financial services litigation
Member, Alumni Steering Committee, Rutgers Law School Center for Corporate Law and Governance
Guest Lecturer, Rutgers Law School, Evidence
Member, The Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey
Member, New Jersey State Bar Association; Member, Class Actions Committee
Member, Morris County Bar Association
Member, Bar Association of the Third Federal Circuit
Member, American Bar Association; Former Co-chair, Banking and Lender Liability Litigation Subcommittee
Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
Former Member, The Justice Morris Pashman American Inn of Court
Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2019-2022
Education
J.D., with high honors, Rutgers School of Law - Newark, 1993; Research editor, Rutgers Law Review; Order of the Coif
B.A., with honors, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990
Clerkships
Hon. Gary S. Stein, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1994-1995
Provided by Chambers
Louis Smith is well regarded for his representation of financial institutions in commercial litigation. He has wide-ranging appellate experience and is also well versed in alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
Provided by Chambers
"He is awesome."
"He is awesome."
