Bradford Smith

Biography

Brad is an associate of the Firm and practices in the Litigation and Subrogation Sections with an emphasis on large loss subrogation, business litigation, construction litigation, and catastrophic personal injury losses. Brad is focused on providing clients with thoughtful, efficient, and aggressive representation.  He utilizes his effective communication skills, sound legal analysis, and diligence to meet his clients' needs and to obtain optimum results in both the defense and plaintiff context.

Brad's practice is often split between plaintiff and defense work.  He represents both large and small clients in litigation matters, including large loss subrogation, product's liability, business torts, insurance coverage disputes, and breaches of contract disputes.  Brad has gained experience representing large residential builders in complex construction cases across the country, including for claims for involving alleged construction defects, breaches of warranty, and breaches of contract.  Brad's construction background helps him understand his client's business, their work, and jobsite issues that have an impact on litigation.  He combines this background with his legal training to navigate both the practical and complex legal issues involved in construction litigation.  He frequently litigates the economic loss doctrine, waivers of subrogation, limited warranties, construction contracts, and analyzes insurance coverage in the construction context.  

Brad also assists clients with complex property losses involving product defects, fires, equipment failures, agricultural machinery failures, water and gas leaks, transit losses.  He has written and presented on topics involving waivers of subrogation, subrogation and defense investigation, construction contract clauses, and product failures.  Most recently he co-authored a section on subrogation for the most recent version of Appleman On Insurance.   
 

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