Mallory K. Smith is an attorney in the firm's Litigation Department. Her practice is focused on insurance defense, health care litigation, commercial litigation, contract enforcement and interpretation, and estate and trust litigation. She has extensive experience leading litigation matters, including depositions, discovery, and motion practice. Mallory has represented health care providers before OPMC.  Mallory also has significant appellate experience having perfected appeals in the State of the New York Appellate Division, United States District Court Western District of New York, and United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and as well as drafting opposition to a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.

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Professional & Civic Duties

• Urban League of Rochester, Board of Directors

• Lawyers for Learning, Committee Member

• New York State Bar Association, Member

• Monroe County Bar Association, Member

  • The Academy of Law, Member​

• Volunteer Legal Services Project, Member

• Healthcare Business Academy, 2020 Fellow

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Speaking Engagements

• "​Resolving Disputes and Handling Ethical Issues in Government Projects", Half Moon Education Inc., April 2021

• "​Resolving Disputes and Handling Ethical Issues in Government Projects", Half Moon Education Inc., July 2022

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Publications

• Featured in, "Snapshot of Commercial Litigation Amid a Pandemic", The Daily Record, March 2021

 

Honors & Awards​

• Up and Coming Lawyer, New York Daily Record & Rochester Business Journal, 2021

• Listed in SuperLawyers, Rising Star, 2020-2021

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Education

• Syracuse University College of Law, J.D.

• University of Rochester, B.A., cum laude

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Bar Admissions

• New York

 

Court Admissions

• United States Supreme Court

• United States District Court, Western District of New York

• United States District Court, Eastern District of New York

• United States District Court, Northern District of New York

• United States District Court, Southern District of New York

• United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York

• United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of New York

• United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York

• United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York 

• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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