Eric B. Smith - Norristown, PA
High Swartz LLP
40 East Airy StreetNorristown, PA 19404 www.highswartz.com
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Eric B. Smith Overview
Mr. Smith's practice focuses on commercial and real estate litigation. Mr. Smith's commercial litigation practice includes the representation of clients in contract and warranty disputes, disputes under UCC-Sales, construction disputes, mechanics' liens, Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act claims and unfair trade practice claims. Mr. Smith's real estate litigation practice includes adverse possession, easements, boundary disputes, quiet title, reformation and partition. Mr. Smith has served as a court appointed master-in-partition for the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County. Mr. Smith's municipal practice includes home rule law as well as municipal litigation. Representative clients include Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., First American Title Insurance Company and the City of Reading Charter Board.
Prior to joining High Swartz LLP, Mr. Smith served as the law clerk to the Honorable Samuel W. Salus, II, of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. Additionally, while attending law school, he served as a Comments Editor for the Dickinson Law Review and as the law clerk to the Honorable Kevin A. Hess of the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas. At High Swartz LLP, Mr. Smith served as a member of the firm's three attorney management committee, with his term ending December 2008.
Practice Areas
- Real Estate Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Municipal Litigation
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1998
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1998
Other Affiliations
- Montgomery Bar Association, 2006 - 2008 (Director)
- Montgomery Bar Association, 2009 - Present (Chair, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee)
- Montgomery Bar Association, 2007 - Present (Executive Committee)
- Montgomery Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, 2001 - Present (Chair)
- Montgomery County Law Reporter, 1999 - 2001 (Editorial Board)
- Montgomery County Law Reporter, 2003 - 2005 (Editor, 2001 Committee)
- Montgomery County Law Reporter, 2005 - Present (Chair)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2004 - Present (House of Delegates, Zone 9 Delegate)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, 2002 - 2009 (Zone 9 Co-Chair, Executive Committee)
Education
- The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
1997
J.D.
Law Review: Dickinson Law Review, Comments Editor, 1995 - 1997 - Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
1994
B.A.
Honors: Dean' List
Honors: Charles Landis History Essay Award, 1993, 1994
Honors: Inter-Fraternity Council, President
Major: Government and History
Past Positions
- Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas, Hon. Kevin A. Hess, Law Clerk, 1995 - 1997
- Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Hon. Samuel W. Salus, II, Law Clerk, 1997 - 1998
Pro Bono Activities
- Judge of Elections, Lower Merion Twp., District 6-1, 2007 - Present
- Board of Directors, Dickinson School of Law General Alumni Association
- West Conshohocken Zoning Hearing Board, 1999 - 2003
- Chair, West Conshohocken Zoning Hearing Board, 2001 - 2003
Fraternities and Sororities
- Pi Lambda Phi
Honors
- Lifetime Fellow, Pennsylvania Bar Foundation
- Fellow, Montgomery Bar Foundation
- Pennsylvania Rising Star, Law & Politics Magazine, 2005 - 2010
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