S. David Smith

S. David Smith is a member in the firm's Houston office, where his practice is primarily focused on commercial and consumer financial services litigation.

David attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and received his B.S.F.S. in 1984. He then attended Southern Methodist University School of Law and was an editor on law review before graduating in 1987.

Litigation

David has extensive experience with complex commercial litigation, including banking cases, receiverships, and consumer and commercial financial litigation. He is board certified in Consumer and Commercial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

He is also past Chairman of the Houston Bar Association Commercial and Consumer Law Section, and a frequent presenter on consumer finance issues.

Published Opinions

• Woods Code 3, Inc. d/b/a Americom v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Tex. App.-Beaumont 2009)
• AMX Enterprises v. Bank One, 196 S.W. 3rd 202 (Tex. App.–Houston [1 Dist.] 2006, writ denied).
• Habibollah Yazdchi v. Bank One, 177 S.W. 3rd 399 (Tex. App.–Houston [1 Dist.] 2005, writ denied).
• Henry A. Canfield v. Bank One, 51 S.W. 3rd 828 (Tex. App-Texarkana 2001, writ denied).
• Allied Capital Partners v. Bank One, 51 S.W. 3rd 51 (Tex. App.–Dallas 2001, no writ).

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association, Member, Committee on Consumer Financial Services
• Houston Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas, Chair of MCLE Committee, 2008-2010
  From 2008 to 2010, David served as Chair of Minimum Continuing Legal Education Committee of the State Bar of Texas. During that time, he spearheaded a major revision to the Regulations and Accreditation Standards, which had not been done in over 15 years. After two years of receiving input, working with the various sections and committees as well as members of the bar, the Board of Directors passed David's proposal in January of 2010, making Texas the first state to allow CLE credit for downloadable content such as pod casts or web casts.
• Texas Bar Foundation
• Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Consumer and Commercial Law Advisory Commission, Board of Directors (2009 - ); Consumer and Commercial Law Exam Commission, Board of Directors (2009 - )