Premier Destination for Sophisticated Buyers of Legal Services
Home > Law Firm Profile > People > Lawyer Profile

Gerald K. Smith

  - Lawyer Profile
 



Gerald K. Smith

Gerald K. Smith

Of Counsel
 
Lewis and Roca LLP
40 North Central Avenue, Suite 1900
Phoenix, Arizona  85004-4429
(Maricopa Co.)

Telephone: 602-262-5348
Fax: 602-734-3834
http://www.lrlaw.com/smith



Profile Visibility
#1,243 in weekly profile views out of 5,642 lawyers in Phoenix, Arizona
#190,627 in weekly profile views out of 968,464 total lawyers Overall
Featured AV Peer Review Rated Lawyer IconFeatured AV Peer Review Rated Lawyer Icon


Experience & Credentials Client/Peer Review Ratings™
 


Practice AreasBankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation; Secured Transactions
 
EducationNew York University (LL.B., 1961; Survey Editor of Law Review), Kansas State University, B.S., 1958; New York University (Root Tilden Scholar; Articles)
 
Admitted1962, Arizona
 
MembershipsMaricopa County and American (Member, Business Section and Business Bankruptcy Committee; Former Chair: Business Section's SABRE Committee; Business Bankruptcy Committee's Ethics, Chapter 11 and Jurisdiction and Venue Subcommittees; Member, Business Law Section and Litigation Section Joint Task Force on Bankruptcy Court Structure and Insolvency Process) Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona.
 
BiographyListed in The Best Lawyers in America for over twenty years; K&A Restructuring Register: America's Top 100; The Phoenix Business Journal's Best of the Bar in Tax, Finance and Bankruptcy, 2004. Recipient: American College of Bankruptcy's Distinguished Service Award, 2000; Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal's Lifetime Achievement Award, 2004. Honored as a Legend of the Law by the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, 2006. Member, National Bankruptcy Conference, 1970—. Deputy Director, Commission on the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States, 1972-1973. Member, Advisory Committee on Rules of Bankruptcy of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1993-1999. Chair, Subcommittee on: Rule 2014 Disclosure Requirements; Attorney Conduct Rules. Member, Litigation Subcommittee and Long Range Planning Subcommittee. Participant, Special Study Conference on Federal Rules Governing Attorney Conduct, 1996. Designated Representative, Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules to the Subcommittee on Attorney Conduct Rules of the Committee on Rules and Practice of the Judicial Conference. Member, Ethics, Partnerships, and Tax Working Groups of the National Bankruptcy Review Commission, 1997. Former Chair, Board of Directors and Board of Regents of the American College of Bankruptcy. Member, American Law Institute, 1989—. Advisor, Transnational Insolvency Project and a consultant to the Restatement (Third) for the Law Governing Lawyers and Restatement of the Law, Suretyship. Member, UCC Permanent Editorial Board's Article 9 Study Committee, 1989-1993. Observer, Uniform State Law Commission Article 9 Drafting Committee. Lawyer delegate to the Ninth Circuit, 1988—. Member, Board of Directors of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society, 1988—. Adjunct Professor: Bankruptcy course, Arizona State University School of Law, 1999; Debtor Creditor course, University of Arizona, 1994.
 
ISLN903622545
 


 

Complete a Client Review


Have you recently worked with this lawyer? Share your experience as a Client of this lawyer and complete a Client Review to help others make an informed choice when hiring legal counsel.
 

Professional Networking for Legal Professionals Only


Quickly and easily expand your professional network – join the premier global network for legal professionals only. It's powered by the Martindale-Hubbell database – over 1,000,000 lawyers strong.
Join Now
 


 

Compare this Lawyer

Compare this lawyer to other lawyers in your Watch List.
 

Add lawyer to My Watch List

As a registered user of martindale.com you can add lawyers to your Watch List. You can securely add comments, compare lawyers in your Watch List, and access these lawyers with one click from your martindale.com homepage.