Dana Smith
Top rated workers' compensation attorney in Manchester, New Hampshire
Ward Law Group, PLLC
Practice Areas: Workers' compensation
Licensed in New Hampshire since: 2013
Education: University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law
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Ward Law Group, PLLC
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An attorney at the law firm of Ward Law Group, Dana Smith serves clients in Manchester, New Hampshire. He helps workers who are injured at the workplace or while performing work-related duties heal and elevate their quality of life. Although his practice revolves around workers’ compensation, the breadth of his experience has enabled him to assist clients in personal injury, general civil litigation and family law matters as well.
Licensed to practice in all the state courts of New Hampshire since 2013, Mr. Smith has also appeared before the New Hampshire Superior Court. He earned a double bachelor’s degree in justice studies and English/journalism from The University of New Hampshire in 2009 followed by his Juris Doctor from The University of New Hampshire School of Law in 2013.
As a law student, Mr. Smith has written extensively and authored scholarly articles for prominent journals such as The Wall Street Journal, and one of his articles was highlighted in its Best of the Web Sunday Column. He served as a legal intern at the New Hampshire Public Defender’s Office where he gained useful skills and practical knowledge. He also worked at several other well-known New Hampshire law firms before joining his current law firm.
With a passion for law and for giving back to the New Hampshire community he was born and brought up in, Mr. Smith stays active and involved in several professional organizations. He is a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association and a part of its Lawyer Referral Service.
For staunchly defending the rights of his clients, Mr. Smith achieved a hat trick by being listed in Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Attorneys by The National Trial Lawyers three times in a row.
Practice areas
Workers' compensation: claimant- 100% Workers' compensation: claimant
First Admitted: 2013, New Hampshire
Professional Webpage: https://wardlawnh.com/attorneys/dana-k-smith/
- Board of Trustees for the Kreiva Academy Public Charter School
- The New Hampshire (TNH) and the Nashua Telegraph as a Staff Writer
- August 2022 Article for the NH Bar News., Author, Workers’ Compensation Practice Can Be More Like “Good Will Hunting” Than “A Few Good Men”, New Hampshire Bar Association, Workers Compensation, , 2022
- Wall Street Journal and featured in their Best of the Web Sunday Column
- University of New Hampshire, receiving dual bachelor’s degrees in Justice Studies and English/Journalism, 2009
- Member, New Hampshire Bar Association, Lawyer Referral Service, 2013
- Member, New Hampshire Bar Association, 2013
- Justice of the Peace, 2014
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- Civil Plaintiff's Attorney, Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers Association, 2022
- Civil Plaintiff Attorney, Top 40 under 40, The National Trial Lawyers Association, 2021
- Top 40 under 40, The National Trial Lawyers Association, 2019
- Top 40 under 40, The National Trial Lawyers Association, 2020
These comments were made by fellow attorneys during the annual nomination process.
“Exceptional lawyer in Workers' Compensation”
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2021 - 2022