Cases
Experience: Representative Matters: Represented leading entertainers
entertainment companies, including casinos, themed restaurants
hotels, computer game companies, record companies,
publishing companies in various securities, trademark-licensing
other financial transactions, including joint ventures, in which clients have included: Aerosmith, Jimmy Buffett, Future, Alan Jackson, Michael Jackson Estate, Magic Johnson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Isaac Hayes Estate, Def Leppard, Margaritaville Enterprises, Bob Marley Estate, Bret Michaels, Matt
Dean Serletic, Raine Group, George Strait, Justin Timberlake
Virgin Gaming.
Represented sports-related individuals
entities, including Magic Johnson, Olympic speed skater Apolo Ohno, ESPN Fantasy Sports Founder Matthew Berry, the National Basketball Association
various entertainers connected with sports, such as naming rights to the Miami Dolphins Stadium for Jimmy Buffett's L
Shark Lager.
Participated in traditional
nontraditional movie transactions, including: Negotiation of documents for the Drumline
Negotiation of the documents for the Being Bobby Brown reality television show
Renting Seaside, Florida to Paramount Pictures for the movie entitled The Truman Show.
Represented broker-dealers, including Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., FirsTrust (China)
Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.
corporations in securities matters, including General Steel Holdings, Inc. (China), SGOCO Limited (China)
Tri-Tech Holdings, Inc. (China), insurers in securities matters, including Swiss Re
the Travelers
insurers, including Travelers, as well as banks
other companies involving directors
officers liability
law firms
accounting firms, including Deloitte & Touche LLP, in securities, quality control
ethics matters.
Mediated
arbitrated in the areas of securities, legal malpractice
accounting malpractice.
Provided expert witness services in securities
legal malpractice matters for plaintiffs
defendants, including for the FDIC
formerly for the RTC.
Teaching Experience: Jeffrey Smith has lectured on the subjects of entertainment
securities as well as legal
accounting malpractice at 18 universities, including full semester courses at Duke, Emory
V
erbilt. He has also lectured on the subjects of securities, legal
accounting malpractice at more than 200 major seminars, in 37 American states, as well as the District of Columbia
Puerto Rico,
in 10 countries, including seminars for the Securities
Exchange Commission, National Association of Securities Dealers,
the American Arbitration Association.
Central University of Finance
Economics: Honorary Professor
Guest Lecturer, Securities Law
Legal Opinions, Beijing, China, 2008-Present
Harvard Asia Center
Harvard East Asian Legal Studies: Guest Lecturer, The Evolution of East Asian Intellectual Property Law Through the Lens of Chinese Trademark Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 2014
Southwestern University of Finance
Economics: Guest Lecturer, United States Income Tax History
Teaching English Strategically, Public Finance Department, Chengdu, China, 2013
Suzhou Institute: Guest Lecturer, Securities Regulation, Suzhou, China, 2009
Suzhou University, School of Business: Guest Lecturer, Securities Law, Beijing, China, 2009
Shanghai University School of Business: Guest Lecturer, Securities Law
Legal Opinions, Shanghai, China, 2008
University of Georgia, Terry School of Business: Guest Lecturer, Implementing New Business Plans, Athens, GA, 2002-2007
Emory University School of Business: Guest Lecturer, Personal Finance
Investing, Atlanta, GA, 2004
Institute of Buddhist Dialectics: Pro Bono English Instructor, Dharamsala, IN, 2003
Duke University, Fuqua School of Business: Faculty Leader, Post Graduate Education: Managing the Corporate Legal Department, Durham, NC, 1992
1993
Duke University School of Law: Lecturer in Law, Legal Profession, 1976-1977
1990
Guest Lecturer, Legal Ethics, Durham, NC, 1979-1980, 1986-1987,
1992
V
erbilt University School of Law: Lecturer in Law, Litigation Under the Federal Securities Laws, 1977-1978
Profession of Law, 1977-1981
Guest Lecturer, Nashville, TN, 1981-1982
1988-1989
Emory University School of Law: Adjunct Professor, Professional Liability of Attorneys
Accountants, 1976-1977
Guest Lecturer, 1978-1979
Adjunct Professor, Emory University School of Law, Law Office Management, 1981-1982
Instructor, Emory University School of Law, Emory Summer Program for Lawyers: Law Office Management, Atlanta, GA, June 15-19, 1981
