Michael R Smith
Partner mrsmith@kslaw.com Phone: (404) 572-4824 Fax: (404) 572-5100
Michael Smith is a partner in King & Spalding’s Business Litigation Practice Group, focusing on securities and shareholder litigation. Mr. Smith joined King & Spalding in 1983 and has been a partner of the firm since 1990. He served as a member of the firm’s Policy Committee from 2007 - 2009.
Mr. Smith has litigation experience in a wide range of securities and shareholder litigation matters, including securities fraud class action litigation, shareholder derivative actions, audit committee and other independent committee investigations, SEC enforcement actions, partnership disputes, proxy contests and corporate takeover litigation, and other related business tort litigation. He has appeared in courts throughout the southeastern United States, and in New York, Delaware, California, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Illinois, Minnesota and Texas. Representative matters in which Mr. Smith has appeared over the last few years include the following:
Mr. Smith is a frequent speaker and writer on securities litigation topics. His recent speaking engagements and publications in this area have included:
Mr. Smith obtained his law degree, cum laude, in 1983 from Harvard Law School.
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