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James T Smith

James T Smith

USA 2026

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James T. Smith has more than 35 years of experience in complex commercial litigation, products liability, and white collar criminal defense nationwide. He serves both corporate and individual clients in a wide variety of industries including technology, transportation, healthcare, aerospace, and defense, in disputes involving fraud and abuse, intellectual property, corporate governance, government and internal investigations, white collar criminal defense, breach of contract and related claims, and many other areas. Jim formerly served for eight years as chair of Blank Rome’s Litigation Department, overseeing more than 250 attorneys across nine practice groups and 14 offices. Prior to that, Jim was the practice group leader for the Commercial Litigation group for six years.

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Litigation: General Commercial - Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds

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James Smith handles a wide range of dispute-related matters including product liability claims, government investigations and breach of contract allegations.

Strengths

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  • James is a master strategist and a real trial lawyer.

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  • James is a great litigator.

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  • He is really smart, incredibly strategic, indefatigable and incredibly competent at handling complex mandates.

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