Attorney Profile

Steven B. Smith

Phone: (801) 534-4443
Fax:
Email: stevesmith@utahaccidentlaw.com

Steven B. Smith began his legal career in 1990. Prior to establishing the Law Offices of Steven B. Smith, PLLC, Mr. Smith was with the Salt Lake City law firm of Scalley & Reading for 15 years where he was a litigation partner and the managing partner. He practices in the following areas of law: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Litigation; Real Estate and Business Litigation.

Previous Work:

• Scalley & Reading, P.C., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1990 to 2005, Litigation Partner and Managing Partner, Supervised, and coordinated the work of 11 attorneys and staff of 25.
• Utah State Court of Appeals, Salt Lake City, Utah 1990, Judicial Extern, Honorable Norman H. Jackson
• Salt Lake County Attorney - Civil Division, Salt Lake City, Utah. 1990, Law Clerk
• International Enforcement Law Reporter, Washington D.C., 1988-1989, Associate Editor

Bar and Court Admissions:

• Utah
• U.S. District Court, District of Utah
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Professional Activities:

• Utah State Bar
• Salt Lake County Bar Association
• American Bar Association (Member Sections on: Litigation, Tort and Insurance Practice and Construction Industry Forum)
• National Institute of Trial Advocacy Advocates Association
• American Association for Justice, formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member Sections on: Litigation, Insurance, Construction and Real Estate)
• Utah Association for Justice, formerly known as the Utah Trial Lawyers Association
• Brain Injury Association of Utah
• Snowmobile Alliance of Western States, Director and Board Member, 2004 to present

Recognitions

• Named by legal peers as one of Utah's top 50 personal injury litigators in 2004 and 2005, in Utah Business Magazine

Significant Reported Appellate Cases

• Green v. State Farm, 2005 UT App 564
• Wardley Better Homes and Gardens v. Cannon, 61 P.3d 1009 (Utah 2002)
• Regal Ins. Co., Div. of Windsor Group, Inc. v. Bott, 31 P.3d 524 (Utah 2001)
• Wardley Better Homes and Garden v. Cannon, 21 P.3d 235 (Utah App. 2001)
• Aurora Credit Services, Inc. v. Liberty West Development, Inc., 970 P.2d 1273
• Utah 1998)
• Haas v. A.M. King Industries, Inc., 28 F.Supp.2d 644 (D. Utah 1998)
• Shaw v. Layton Const. Co., Inc., 872 P.2d 1059 (Utah App. 1994)
• Petersen v. Board of Educ. of Davis County School Dist., 855 P.2d 241 (Utah 1993)
• Shaw v. Layton Const. Co., Inc., 854 P.2d 1033 (Utah App. 1993)

Education:

• George Washington University, J.D., 1990
• University of Utah, B.A., Political Science, 1987