Discover exciting opportunities for lawyers, law students and business professionals to grow, advance and find unique paths to career success. We’re defining the future — yours included.
Discover exciting opportunities for lawyers, law students and business professionals to grow, advance and find unique paths to career success. We’re defining the future — yours included.
Coming to America: The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration
Doing business in the United States is not always easy and there are many things that need to be taken into consideration.
President Trump has signed several executive orders that affect businesses outside the U.S. operating here. The first 100 days typically indicate how a president plans to execute his agenda over the next four years. During this webinar, the speakers will provide an update on recent developments from the Trump administration and what they mean for foreign businesses that want to set up business operations in the U.S. Topics will include:
Discover exciting opportunities for lawyers, law students and business professionals to grow, advance and find unique paths to career success. We’re defining the future — yours included.
Discover exciting opportunities for lawyers, law students and business professionals to grow, advance and find unique paths to career success. We’re defining the future — yours included.
Coming to America: The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration
Doing business in the United States is not always easy and there are many things that need to be taken into consideration.
President Trump has signed several executive orders that affect businesses outside the U.S. operating here. The first 100 days typically indicate how a president plans to execute his agenda over the next four years. During this webinar, the speakers will provide an update on recent developments from the Trump administration and what they mean for foreign businesses that want to set up business operations in the U.S. Topics will include:
Derek Smith is an experienced litigator who focuses his practice on complex product liability, mass tort and environmental matters. He represents clients across a range of industries, including chemical and specialty materials, coal and coke chemicals, PFAS and emerging contaminants, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and consumer products, in high-exposure disputes involving alleged personal injury, occupational and residential exposures, and environmental contamination.
Derek frequently serves in national and coordinating counsel roles in multijurisdictional litigation, where he helps develop and execute defense strategies across large and evolving dockets. His experience spans individual, mass, and class actions, as well as claims brought by state and federal agencies, including those involving environmental remediation and natural resource damages.
His practice is particularly focused on matters involving alleged exposures to chemicals and pharmaceuticals, and he regularly works with scientific, medical and technical experts to make complex issues relatable to judges and juries alike. Derek is also adept at placing alleged client liability in context with the relevant scientific, medical and technical literature in existence at the time of all relevant events, eschewing hindsight in favor of state-of-the-art.
In addition to his litigation work, Derek regularly advises clients on environmental, health, and safety (EHS) risks and on issues related to electronically stored information (ESI). He helps clients develop practical, defensible approaches to their most pressing issues, with an emphasis on anticipating risk and positioning those clients to respond effectively when disputes arise.
