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Barry Smith focuses his practice on representing financial institutions and other business entities both domestic and international. Mr. Smith has extensive experience in business and commercial litigation, creditors rights, loan workouts and restructuring, provisional remedies, collections, post-judgment enforcement. He also handles complex defense litigation including tort, contract law and real estate.
Mr. Smith is a frequent speaker on creditors rights, enforcement of judgments, prejudgment remedies, workouts and turnarounds, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, business and banking fraud, arbitration, toxic waste, lender liability, legal ethics, probate estates and trusts and collection strategy and tactics. He speaks at numerous seminars and conferences including the Community Bankers of California, California Bankers Association, Western Independent Bankers Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Associations, and the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Smith was a Professor of Law at a Los Angeles law school teaching courses on trial tactics and litigation techniques. He was also named one of "Who's Who In Banking and Finance" by The Los Angeles Business Journal.
Mr. Smith is a member of the Financial Lawyers Conference, American Trial Lawyers Association, Los Angeles Business Trial Lawyers Association, California Bank Counsel, the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section and The Provisional and Post-Judgment Section. He is also an associate member of the Community Bankers of California, National Association of Chinese-American Bankers, Risk Management Association, Credit Managers Association and the Southern California Mortgage Association.
He received his B.S. Degree in 1967 and earned his J.D. Degree in 1970.
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