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

Reported Decisions:

• DeFebo v. Andersen Windows, Inc., 654 F.Supp.2d 285 (U.S.E.D.Pa. 2009)
• DeFebo v. Andersen Windows, Inc., 2009 WL 4268553 (U.S.E.D.Pa. 2009)
• Harleysville Homestead, Inc. v. Lower Salford Twp. Auth., 980 A.2d 749 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2009) affirming 145 Mont.C.L.R. 373 (2008)
• Mukerji v. City of Reading Charter Review Bd., 941 A.2d 102 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2008) reversing 83 Pa. D. & C.4th 145, 2007 WL 3215674 (Berks Co.)
• Ryan v. Lower Merion Twp., 205 F.Supp.2d 434 (U.S.E.D.Pa. 2002)
• In re Jackaman, 2000 WL 192973, 43 Collier Bky 2d 1218 (U.S.E.D.Pa. Bky 2000)