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Mr. Smith's practice focuses on commercial and real estate litigation. Mr. Smith’s commercial litigation practice includes the representation of clients in contract and warranty disputes, disputes under UCC-Sales, construction disputes, mechanics’ liens, Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act claims and unfair trade practice claims. Mr. Smith’s real estate litigation practice includes adverse possession, easements, boundary disputes, quiet title, reformation and partition. Mr. Smith has served as a court appointed master-in-partition for the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County. Mr. Smith’s municipal practice includes home rule law as well as municipal litigation. Representative clients include Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., First American Title Insurance Company and the City of Reading Charter Board.

Prior to joining High Swartz LLP, Mr. Smith served as the law clerk to the Honorable Samuel W. Salus, II, of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. Additionally, while attending law school, he served as a Comments Editor for the Dickinson Law Review and as the law clerk to the Honorable Kevin A. Hess of the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas. At High Swartz LLP, Mr. Smith served as a member of the firm's three attorney management committee, with his term ending December 2008.

Areas of Practice: Business, Employment and Real Estate Law Real Estate and Land Use Law Real Estate Litigation Construction Law Contract & Business Litigation Litigation Civil Litigation Eminent Domain Bar

Admissions: Pennsylvania, 1998 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1998 Education: The Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1997 Dickinson Law Review, Comments Editor, 1995-1997 Franklin and Marshall College, B.A., 1994

Professional Affiliations & Honors: Montgomery Bar Association, Director, 2006-2008 Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Chair, 2009 - present Executive Committee, 2007 Young Lawyers Section, Chair, 2001 Montgomery County Law Reporter, Editorial Board, 1999-2001, Editor, 2001 Committee, 2003-2005, Chair, 2005 Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates, Zone 9 Delegate, 2004-present Pennsylvania Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee, Zone 9 Co-Chair 2002-2009 Pennsylvania Bar Foundation, Lifetime Fellow Montgomery Bar Foundation, Fellow Pennsylvania Rising Star, Law & Politics Magazine, 2005-2010 Civic & Community Activities: Judge of Elections, Lower Merion Twp., District 6-1, 2007-present Dickinson School of Law General Alumni Association, Board of Directors West Conshohocken Zoning Hearing Board, 1999-2003; Chair, 2001-2003