Derek Smith Law Group

We are a team of over 27 lawyers including former sex-crimes prosecutors and graduates of Harvard, Columbia, and Stanford University. We have obtained over $165 Million for our clients and we have secured a settlement in excess of $15 million on behalf of a client. We also are not afraid to take cases to trial and have obtained many multi-million dollars jury verdicts. We have also obtained the Largest Upheld Emotional Distress Verdict Ever In An Employment Law Case In The Entire United States.A lawyer once told Derek Smith many years ago not to get so emotionally involved in his cases. Well, we think the complete opposite is true! It makes us furious when we hear stories of employers discriminating against or sexually harassing our clients! If an employer treats you differently because of your race, religion, age, gender, or disability, we say, “How dare they??” If your boss sexually harasses you or compels you to have a sexual relationship of any kind, we are outraged! We like to become one with our clients. We represent them, and they represent us.e are a team. That is our philosophy. We are personally offended when injustice is done to our clients. So, to that lawyer, who said that many years ago to me, we say that you are so, very, very wrong! It is that emotional attachment to our cases that helps us to better represent our clients and get them the most that we can on their case. That is how we have obtained many, multi-million dollar jury verdicts and many multi-million dollar settlements for our clients. The results speak for themselves.

Education

The Penn State, Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1994

The University of Michigan, B.A., 1991

Université de Droit, d’Économie, et des Sciences d’Aix-Marseille, 1990