Renee Smith

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas

Band 1

Product Liability: Automobile

USA - Nationwide

3 Years Ranked

Band 1

Litigation: Product Liability

Illinois

1 Years Ranked

Band 5

Product Liability & Mass Torts

USA - Nationwide

1 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Renee Smith

USA

Practice Areas

Renee Smith is a nationally ranked litigation partner. Renee’s practice focuses on representing clients facing high-profile complex products liability, class action and commercial litigation. She has secured trial defense verdicts and other wins for 3M, Abbott Labs, AbbVie Inc., Baxter Healthcare Corporation, The Dow Chemical Company, Eli Lilly and Company, W.R. Grace, General Motors LLC, Juul Labs, Inc., Kobe Steel, Ltc., and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Renee has won jury trials in multiple federal MDLs, and other state and federal courts across the country.

Personal

Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1995; Miami University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1992

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the USA

Product Liability: Automobile - USA - Nationwide

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Renee Smith is increasingly recognized for her expertise in large consumer class actions, including recent mandates in the e-cigarette space.

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Litigation: Product Liability - Illinois

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Renee Smith is highlighted for her adroit representation of consumer product and automotive manufacturers in complex product liability litigation and class actions.

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Product Liability & Mass Torts - USA - Nationwide

Band 5

Individual Editorial

Renee Smith is increasingly recognized for her expertise in large consumer class actions, including recent mandates in the e-cigarette space.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Renee is excellent. She is smart and gives practical advice. She is my first call because she has always got our best interests at heart.

Product Liability: Automobile respondent
Chambers Guide to the USA

She is whip-smart, creative and good at thinking up options that are outside the box. She doesn't take a cookie-cutter approach to anything. She digs in and works really, really hard.

Product Liability: Automobile respondent
Chambers Guide to the USA

She is whip-smart, creative and good at thinking up options that are outside the box. She doesn't take a cookie-cutter approach to anything. She digs in and works really, really hard.

Litigation: Product Liability respondent
Chambers Guide to the USA