Matthew J. Smith

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Insurance Fraud

Member of CLM Since: 2009

Nominated By C. Peter Hitson , Kenneth Carter

CLM Committees

  • Insurance Fraud
  • Publication/Magazine
  • Committee Conference
  • Membership Task Force
  • Membership

CLM Contributions

  • Speaker - 2012 Insurance Fraud Conference
  • Speaker - 2013 Bad Faith/Coverage/ Fraud Conference
  • Speaker - 2014 Annual Conference
  • Speaker - 2014 Annual Conference TEST FOR ANDROID
  • Speaker - 2014 Claims College
  • Speaker - 2014 Claims College Sponsors and Faculty Registration
  • Speaker - 2014 Insurance Bad Faith/Coverage/ Fraud Conference
  • Speaker - 2015 Annual Conference
  • Speaker - 2015 Claims College
  • Speaker - 2015 CLM New York
  • Speaker - 2015 CLM Southwest Ohio Chapter Educational and Networking Event - 4/29
  • Speaker - 2015 Insurance Fraud and Workers' Compensation Conference
  • Speaker - 2015 Medical Legal Summit
  • Speaker - 2016 Annual Conference
  • Speaker - 2016 Claims College
  • Speaker - 2016 CLM Atlanta
  • Speaker - 2017 Annual Conference
  • Speaker - 2017 Claims College
  • Speaker - 2017 CLM Southeast Conference
  • Speaker - 2018 Claims College
  • Speaker - 2021 Annual Conference
  • Speaker - 2021 CLM Focus: Cannabis, Environmental, Insurance Fraud, Property, Subrogation, Claims and Litigation Management
  • Speaker - 2022 Annual Conference
  • Speaker - 2022 CLM Focus: December
  • Speaker - 2023 Claims College
  • Speaker - April 2020 CCO Conference Call
  • Speaker - CCO Conference Call

Articles

Practice Areas

  • Fraud / SIU
  • Cyber Liability
  • Claims Management
  • Environmental
  • Litigation Management
  • Municipal Law
  • Property
  • Subrogation

Biography

Matthew Smith is Of Counsel, and formerly served as President of Smith, Rolfes & Skavdahl (skav-doll) Company, LPA. He founded the firm in 1989 after beginning practice as an insurance defense attorney in Florida. From starting as a one-attorney office, the firm has grown to eight offices and provides insurance law services throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.
 
Originally from Dayton, Ohio, Mr. Smith attended the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music graduating with a degree in Radio, TV and Film. While working his way through college and law school he served as Director of Marketing Communications for the Kings Island Theme Park Complex in Ohio and founded Smith-Kaufman Public Relations representing such companies as Wendy’s International, Hyatt Hotels and The Cincinnati Reds.
 
Mr. Smith graduated from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University.  He is admitted to practice in both federal and state courts in Ohio, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan and Washington, D.C. as well as the United States Supreme Court.
 
He serves as legal counsel to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, is a past President of the National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators, chairs the Insurance Committee of the International Association of Arson Investigators, and is a member of the Defense Research Institute, Claims and Litigation Management Alliance and numerous other insurance law related organizations. Mr. Smith is a frequent lecturer on insurance law matters throughout the United States.
 

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

  • Bar Admissions: OH, KY, FL
  • Licensed Adjuster: MI
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