Jay Earl Smith
- 1935 Village Center Circle
- Las Vegas, Nevada 89134
- Office Phone: 702-252-5002
- Office Fax: 702-252-5006
- Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah
Supreme Court Mediation History:
- Date Appointed: 12/10/98
- Number of Cases Mediated: 51
- Current As Of: 3/31/11
- Areas of Practice:
- Civil Litigation, Commercial Law, Banking Law, Insurance Defense, Employment Law, Construction, Contract Law, Appellate Law, Mortgage Law
Bar Memberships:
- Nevada (1981)
- Utah (1980)
- Federal/District Court Utah (1980)
- Federal/District Court Nevada (1981)
- Federal/9th Circuit (1989)
- United States Supreme Court (1993)
| Colleges |
| Name |
Location |
Start |
End |
Type |
Degree |
| |
| University of Utah |
Salt Lake City |
1972 |
1977 |
Undergraduate |
Honors B.A. (1977) |
| Law Schools |
| Name |
Location |
Start |
End |
Degree |
| |
| University of Utah College of Law |
Salt Lake City |
1977 |
1980 |
J.D. (1980 |
| Professional Experience |
| Name |
Location |
Description |
Start |
End |
| |
| Steffen, Simmons & Vannah |
-- |
Attorney |
1980 |
1982 |
| Jolley, Urga, Wirth & Woodbury |
Las Vegas |
Attorney |
1982 |
1996 |
| Nevada Supreme Court |
Carson City |
Law Clerk to Justice Thomas L. Steffen |
1982 |
1982 |
| Smith Larsen & Wixom |
Las Vegas |
Attorney |
1996 |
Present |
| Mediation and Other ADR Training |
| Name |
Location |
Description |
Date |
| |
| Clark County Bar |
Las Vegas |
Trial & Arbitration Practice in Nevada |
1992 |
| 8th Judicial District Court |
Las Vegas |
Nevada Mandatory Arbitration Training Program |
1993 |
| Nevada Supreme Court |
Las Vegas |
Mediation and Supreme Court Settlement Judge Training |
1998 |
| American Arbitration Association |
Las Vegas |
Commercial Arbitrator Training |
1999 |
| Clark County Bar |
Las Vegas |
Nevada Arbitrator Training Program - Speaker |
2000 |
| Clark County Bar |
Las Vegas |
Court Annexed Arbitration Program - Speaker |
2001 |
| Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution-Pepperdine |
Malibu, California |
Negotiation and Settlement Advocacy Course |
2001 |
| Clark County Bar |
Las Vegas |
Nevada Arbitrator Training Program - Speaker |
2001 |
| American Arbitration Association |
Los Angeles |
Arbitrator II Training |
2002 |
| Clark County Bar |
Las Vegas |
Ethical Duties in Mediation |
2004 |
| Nevada Mediation Program |
Las Vegas |
Mediator Training |
2005 |
| 8th Judicial District Court |
Las Vegas |
Mandatory Mediator Training |
2005 |
| Nevada Supreme Court |
Las Vegas |
Advanced Appellate Mediation Training |
2005 |
| Nevada Supreme Court |
Las Vegas |
Advanced Appellate Mediation Training/Advanced Skills & Techniques |
2007 |
| Assoc. of Attorney Mediators |
San Diego |
Advanced Attorney-Mediator Training |
2008 |
| Nevada Supreme Court |
Las Vegas |
Advanced Appellate Mediation Training |
2008 |
| Nevada Supreme Court |
Las Vegas |
Advanced Appellate Mediation Training - Preventing & Breaking Impasse |
2010 |
| Nevada Supreme Court |
Las Vegas |
Roundtable/Procedural Issues for Settlement Judges |
2011 |
| Mediation and Other ADR Experience |
| Name |
Location |
Description |
Start |
End |
| |
| Various |
-- |
Served as an arbitrator in hundreds of cases involving issues of personal injury, products liability, construction law, commercial law, banking law, and contract law. |
1992 |
Present |
| Mediator |
-- |
Served as a private mediator in numerous matters involving personal injury disputes, construction disputes, business disputes, bank disputes, real property disputes, and contract disputes. |
1998 |
Present |
Professional Organizations
- American Bar Association (1980-Present)
- Nevada State Bar & United States District Court of Nevada (1981-Present)
- Utah State Bar & United States District Court of Utah (1980-Present)
- Clark County Bar Association
- American Arbitration Association
- Defense Research Institute
- 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1989-Present)
- United States Supreme Court (1993-Present)
- Federal Bar Association (2003-Present)
- U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society (2003-Present)
Awards
- Phi Beta Kappa (undergraduate)
- Phi Kappa Phi (undergraduate)
- William H. Leary Scholar (law school)
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