There are attorneys who claim to be trial lawyers, and then there are lawyers who take cases to trial. Since Bruce Smith started practicing law in 1986, he has tried more than 50 cases to verdict, including two cases before the Supreme Court of Texas. Mr. Smith’s legal expertise includes cases involving covenants not to compete, breach of contract, commercial disputes, trade secrets, personal injury, tortious interference, negligence and sovereign immunity.

Mr. Smith gained substantial experience in complex litigation and commercial litigation after beginning his legal career defending insurance companies and corporations. He is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a designation earned by less than 3 percent of all Texas lawyers.

Today, Mr. Smith continues to rack up major courtroom victories for both plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation and commercial litigation. He and the other attorneys at Ward & Smith have earned a national reputation in high-stakes litigation, including personal injury cases and a broad range of commercial disputes involving patent infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, intellectual property law disputes, and oil & gas litigation. Ward & Smith frequently assists lawyers nationwide in complex cases before East Texas juries.

Mr. Smith has been recognized and selected by his peers to the Texas Super Lawyers list, and he maintains an “AV” rating from the Martindale-Hubbell peer-review publication based on his strong adherence to professional standards of conduct and ethics, reliability, diligence and other criteria.