Background
Smith, Steven L. was born on September 26, 1956 in Monterey, California, United States.
Smith, Steven L. was born on September 26, 1956 in Monterey, California, United States.
University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1978). Cambridge University, England (M.Phil, 1979. Master of Laws, 1981).
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley (Juris Doctor, 1983).
Worked at O'Melveny & Myers LLP (Los Angeles, California) specializing in General Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice, and Criminal Trials Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative; Antitrust. Banking; Bankruptcy; Commercial.
Communications; Construction. Corporation and Corporate Financing. Environmental; Immigration and Naturalization.
Insurance Coverage Defense. Intellectual Property. International Business.
Labor and Employment. Employment Benefits; Media and Entertainment. Municipal, Municipal Zoning and Municipal Finance.
Natural Resources; Oil and Gas. Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition. Probate, Trusts and Estate Planning.
Public Utilities; Real Estate. Securities; and Tax Law. Admitted to the bar, 1984, California, United States.
District Court, Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California and United States. Courts of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Founder and Editor-in-Chief, International Tax and Business Lawyer, 1982-1983.
Author: "Badger Revisited: Implications for the Implementation of the Transfer of Technology Code," 1 International Tax and Business Lawyer 117, 1983. "The London Court of International Arbitration and English Arbitration Reform," In ILEX Monography #7: Report of the Delegation to International Arbitration Centers: An Update on Commercial Dispute Resolution Developments in London and Paris (May 1993). "Advocacy and Tactics in International Commercial Arbitration," 5 The California International Practitioner 64 (Spring-Summer 1994).
Member: American (Member, International Law Section) and International Bar Associations. (San Francisco, California Office). O'Melveny & Myers LLP, founded over 110 years ago on January 2, 1885, is the oldest law firm in Los Angeles.
Since that time, we have grown from two attorneys in two rooms specializing in the local concerns of a frontier community to a firm of more than 500 lawyers involved in matters of regional, national and global concern.
Member: American (Member, International Law Section) and International Bar Associations. (San Francisco, California Office).