Background
Smith, Sandra J. was born on March 16, 1959 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Smith, Sandra J. was born on March 16, 1959 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Stanford University; Wesleyan University (Bachelor of Arts, 1981). University of California, Los Angeles (Juris Doctor, 1987).
Worked at Horvitz & Levy (Los Angeles, California) specializing in All Civil Appeals and Related Appellate Practice, including Trial Consultations, with Emphasis in the Areas of Business Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Health Care, Hospitals, Insurance and Insurance Defense (including Coverage and Bad Faith), Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Legal and Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Liability, and Torts. Admitted to the bar, 1987, California. 1988, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1993, United States.
Supreme Court. Order of the Barristers. Member, University of California, Los Angeles National Moot Court Team (First Place, Western Regional Division).
Best Brief Award and Roscoe Pound Finalist, University of California, Los Angeles Moot Court Honors Program. Executive Editor, Federal Communications Law Journal, 1986-1987.
Judicial Clerkship: Honorary Harry Pregerson, United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1987-1988. Company-Author: "Lost Chance Recovery and the Folly of Expanding Medical Malpractice Liability," 27 Tort & In. Lord Justice 615 (1992). Author: "Responsive Pleadings," Chapter 7, California Civil Writ Practice (Cont.
Education Bar 1996).
Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations. State Bar of California (Member, Joint Advisory Committee, Continuing Education of the Bar). Women Lawyers Association of Los Los Angeles
Horvitz & Levy is the largest firm in California specializing in civil appellate litigation.
The firm appears regularly in the California and federal appellate courts as lead counsel or amicus curiae on behalf of insurance carriers, the health care community, manufacturers and other business organizations, public entities, and business and professional trade associations. Since 1981, the firm has briefed more civil cases in the California Supreme Court as lead counsel or as amicus curiae, than any other private law firm in California.
The firm consults with clients and trial counsel in evaluating cases for appeal and in assisting trial counsel to present and preserve issues for appeal. The firm also provides its clients with analyses of new legislation, important court decisions and other matters affecting their interests.
Member, University of California, Los Angeles National Moot Court Team (First Place, Western Regional Division). Best Brief Award and Roscoe Pound Finalist, University of California, Los Angeles Moot Court Honors Program. Executive Editor, Federal Communications Law Journal, 1986-1987.
Judicial Clerkship: Honorary Harry Pregerson, United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1987-1988.