Derek T. Smith

Partner

30 Broad Street, 35th Floor, New York, New York 10004
Email: dtslaws@msn.com
Tel: 1-877-4NYLAWS • (877) 469-5297

Born:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

College:

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, B.A., 1991

Law School:

Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1994; Université de Droit, Marseille, France

Membership:

New York State Trial Lawyers; National Employment Lawyers Association; NELA/NY

Practice Areas:

Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Civil Rights Litigation; Employment Law; Civil Litigation

Admissions:

1995, New York; 1996, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Biography:

Derek T. Smith is an experienced litigator who has particular experience in the areas of discrimination, sexual harassment, civil rights litigation, employment law and civil litigation. Mr. Smith received his J.D. in 1994 from the Dickinson School of Law, his B.A. in 1991 from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., and studied at the Université de Droit, d'Économie, et des Sciences d'Aix-Marseille in Aix-en-Provence, France.

He is admitted to the state bars of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

He is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association ("NELA"),  National Employment Lawyers Association of New York ("NELA/NY"),  New York State Trial Lawyers ("NYSTLA") and practices in both the New York and Philadelphia offices.

Mr. Smith is also a Judge in the the annual Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition as well as a Judge in the Charles W. Froessel Intramural Moot Court Competition.

Mr. Smith has personally litigated and resolved numerous high profile cases against multi-billion dollar corporations.

Mr. Smith is fluent in English and French.