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 Richard E. Smith
Christian & Small LLP
1800 Financial Center
505 North 20th Street
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
Tel: 205.250.6628
Fax: 205.328.7234
email: res@csattorneys.com
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PARTNER
Practice Areas
Business & Commercial
Litigation
Complex Litigation
Construction
Environmental/Toxic Tort
Admitted to Practice
Alabama, 1985
Education
Samford University, 1981, B.S. (Pi Kappa Phi Social Fraternity, President; Student Disciplinary Council, Chief Justice; Omicron Delta Kappa (honorary); Phi Kappa Phi (honorary); Dean’s List)
Cumberland School of Law, 1984, J.D. (Cumberland Law Review, Recent Decisions Editor; Dean’s List)
Speaking Engagements
CLE seminars on Corporate Litigation and Complex Litigation Issues
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Richard Smith is the managing partner of the firm. His practice focuses primarily on complex and corporate litigation for the financial services industry and corporate entities. He has tried over 100 jury trials to a verdict, winning over 90% of those cases. In recent years he has arbitrated over 30 cases before the American Arbitration Association, the National Association of Security Dealers and other arbitration panels.
Mr. Smith is a member of Rotary International, a Paul Harris Fellow, a founding member of the Board of Directors for Christian Women’s Job Corps (Birmingham Chapter), a founding member of Christian & Small, AV® rated and a Birmingham Top 50 in Law & Accounting.
Professional Honors and Affiliations
- Included in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- Listed as one Alabama's Super Lawyers for Business Litigation
- Alabama Defense Lawyer’s Association
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow
- American Bar Association
- Alabama State Bar Association
- Birmingham Bar Association
Representative Reported Decisions
- The Collins Co. v. Paul Krebs & Associates
Johnson v. Niagara Machine & Tool
Court Admissions
- Alabama State Bar
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama
- United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama
- United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama
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