Jeffrey R. Smith

The managing partner at Abramson Smith Waldsmith LLP, Jeffrey R. Smith, focuses his practice exclusively on personal injury and wrongful death litigation. Located in San Francisco, California, he provides representation to clients throughout the Bay Area who have incurred economic and noneconomic losses due to the negligence or recklessness of other persons or entities.

The types of personal injury matters that Mr. Smith has handled in the past include construction site accidents, spinal cord and sports injuries, defective products, premises liability, medical malpractice, airplane crashes, and truck and other motor vehicle collisions. He has been able to obtain numerous favorable results for his plaintiff clients, both in front of the jury at trial and outside the courtroom through negotiated settlements.

Mr. Smith has lectured frequently on trial strategies and other topics related to his practice area, and he has had several articles published. He has devoted his practice to this area of the law ever since his admission to The State Bar of California in 2006, and he has been with his current firm since that time.

As an undergraduate, Mr. Smith attended the University of Oregon in Eugene, where he majored in graphic design and journalism, and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1998. Subsequently, deciding that he wanted to be an attorney, he enrolled at the University of San Francisco School of Law, and he was awarded his Juris Doctor in 2006. In order to keep abreast of current developments in personal injury and wrongful death litigation and to forge connections with fellow members of the bar, he is an active participant in the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association and other professional groups.