(Main Office)

Smith Ellison employs attorneys with the highest academic and ethical qualifications. The firm's attorneys, most of whom previously practiced with large national law firms, have substantial experience in a broad range of business litigation matters, including real estate, environmental, insurance coverage, land use, construction, antitrust, securities, intellectual property. The firm's fundamental goal is to provide the highest quality of service to its clients for a reasonable price.

Statement of Practice

Business and Civil Litigation in all State and Federal Courts. The firm's litigation practice includes Insurance, Real Estate, Environmental, Land Use, Banking, Business Torts, Contract, Antitrust and Securities.

Address

7700 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 730
Irvine, CA 92618, (Orange Co.)

Phone

Phone: 949-442-1500
Facsimile: 949-442-1515

Website

http://www.sehlaw.com

MEMBERS

Philip E. Smith (Member) born Flushing, New York, November 21, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, District of Columbia; 1985, California. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with high distinction, 1978; J.D., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa. Chair, 1994, Delegate, 1985-1994, Orange County Bar Association, State Bar Conference of Delegates. Member: Orange County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Environmental Litigation; Antitrust; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Philip E. Smith

Michael W. Ellison (Member) born Binghamton, New York, September 6, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, California. Education: Cornell University (B.A., cum laude, 1985); University of Michigan (M.A., 1989; J.D. cum laude, 1989). Member: State Bar of California; Orange County (Chair, Pro Bono Committee) and Celtic Bar Associations; American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (Executive Committee member, Ethics Committee). Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Civil Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Securities Litigation.Email: Michael W. Ellison

OF COUNSEL

Suzanne Burke Spencer (Of Counsel) born Livingston, New Jersey, November 6, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1997, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of California. Education: Georgetown University (B.S., 1988); Fordham University (J.D., 1993). Staff Member and Associate Editor, Fordham Law Review, 1991-1993. Member: Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Financial Institutions Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Labor and Employment; Legal Malpractice; Insurance Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith.Email: Suzanne Burke Spencer