
Scott Daniel Smith
Scott D. Smith was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Mr. Smith is an experienced trial lawyer who has taken favorable verdicts for clients on both sides of the docket. He has experience in all phases of litigation in both state and federal courts, including resolving a broad variety of business and commercial disputes as well as FINRA arbitration proceedings and securities litigation. Mr. Smith has defended large and small public and private companies, their directors, officers, employees, and affiliates on a broad spectrum of securities enforcement actions, including regulatory and compliance matters. He has also successfully argued appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the New York State Appellate Divisions. Mr. Smith has represented a broad spectrum of clients, both as plaintiffs and defendants, in cases involving breach of contract, business torts, fraud, tortious interference with contract, theft of trade secrets, business disparagement, unfair competition, shareholder disputes, personal injury, real estate, employment, and probate matters. In addition to complex commercial and general civil litigation, Mr. Smith’s practice is also concentrated on matters related to legal ethics and professional responsibility, including malpractice and negligence actions, conflicts of interest, as well as addressing a broad range of risk management issues that law firms face in today’s ever changing market. Mr. Smith joined Henneman Rau LLP in January 2017.
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
- Legal Malpractice
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Securities Law
- Stockbroker & Investment Fraud
- Commercial Litigation
- Contracts
- Employment Litigation (Non-competes/Non-solicits/Trade secrets)
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility
- Financial Services Litigation
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
- ID Number: 482463
- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 4576310
- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
- ID Number: 24011874
- English: Spoken, Written
- Boston University School of Law
- LL.M. (2002) | Banking and Financial Law
- South Texas College of Law
- J.D. (2001)
- Activities: Member, South Texas Law Review
- University of Texas - Austin
- B.A. (1997) | English
- Houston Bar Association
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- Houston Trial Lawyer's Association
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- Texas Trial Lawyer's Association
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- American Bar Association
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