Austin Smith
Austin Smith focuses his practice on litigation and dispute resolution. Austin has experience in handling a wide variety of matters in state and federal court, involving complex commercial and business disputes, fraud, personal injury, and criminal matters including white collar crime. From 2017 to 2018, Austin was honored to serve as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Amos L. Mazzant in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. With Austin has been consistently selected by BestLawyers as “One to Watch” (2020-2022) and Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2021-2022) - a recognition that only 2.5% of his peers receive. He was also selected for D Magazine as one of Dallas' "Best Lawyers Under 40".
- Business Law
- Business Litigation, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Antitrust Law
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
- Construction Law
- Construction Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Intellectual Property
- Landlord Tenant
- Evictions, Housing Discrimination
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Texas Tech University School of Law
- J.D. (2016) | Law
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- Honors: Magna cum laude
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- University of Kansas
- B.S. (2011) | Finance
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- Ones to Watch
- Best Lawyers
- Rising Star
- Texas Super Lawyers
- Each year, Super Lawyers recognizes only 2.5% of Texas attorneys who either are 40 years of age or younger or have been in practice for 10 years or less as “Rising Stars.” To be selected for inclusion, candidates are evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, including experience, results for their clients, representative clients, and honors and awards.
- Ones to Watch
- Best Lawyers
- These awards are recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. Our Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recipients typically have been in practice for 5-9 years
- State Bar of Texas # 24102506
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- Website
- Steckler Wayne Cochran Cherry PLLC
