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Mark Smith
Born (1968-09-04) September 4, 1968 (age 56)
Cheverly, Maryland, U.S.
EducationUniversity of South Carolina (BA)
New York University (JD)
Occupation(s)Author, Commentator, Lawyer
Websitewww.marksmithlawgroup.com

Mark W. Smith (born September 4, 1968, in Cheverly, Maryland) is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, and the founding partner of a law firm in New York City.[1] Smith is a regular political and legal commentator in the national media and is a former semi-professional baseball player.[2]

Mark is a trial lawyer and conservative[3] writer. He is the author of Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy (2004), and of Disrobed: The New Battle Plan to Break the Left's Stranglehold on the Courts (2007).

Graduating from New York University School of Law in 1995, Smith is currently a trial lawyer in private practice in New York City. He has previously served as a public interest lawyer representing a variety of clients (such as a case in 1997 about hair-braiding regulations in New York[4]), many of whom alleged infringements upon their Constitutional rights. He has also been an adjunct professor of law at the University of Kansas Law School, where he taught a course on American laws with respect to firearms ownership[citation needed], and clerked for a federal judge.[citation needed]

Upbringing and education

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Born in Maryland and raised in Vermont, played semi-professional baseball in the Northern League for the Saxtons River Pirates as an infielder. After spending three years at the University of Vermont, Smith went on to receive a bachelor's degree in Economics in 1992 from the University of South Carolina where he studied with Robert W. Clower, the former Managing Editor of the American Economics Review and Rhodes Scholar.[5]

After graduating from the New York University School of Law (J.D.) in 1995, Smith clerked for D. Brook Bartlett, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.[citation needed]

Career

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Upon the completion of his clerkship, Smith joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York City. Smith co-founded the law firm of Smith Valliere PLLC, in 2007.[citation needed]

In 2008, Smith served as lead trial counsel in a jury trial in New York City on behalf of large private MRI medical practice against over 50 insurance companies. Many outlets covered the trial and its verdict and Smith appeared on the cover of New York Law Journal and Law.com.[6] As co-counsel in a federal jury trial, Smith won for his clients a million-dollar judgment in a case that a cover story in the New York Times proclaimed to be the largest of its kind in New York history.[7]

The press has discussed Smith and his representation of various writers. [8]

Media coverage

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Smith was profiled in Avenue magazine in 2009.[9]

As co-counsel in a federal jury trial, he obtained a jury verdict for his client that The New York Times proclaimed as perhaps the largest in New York history of its kind.[10]

New York Times Bestselling Author

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Mark is a New York Times bestselling author of The Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy: The Arguments You Need to Defeat the Looney Left and Disrobed: The New Battle Plan to Break the Left's Stranglehold on the Courts (Random House-Crown Forum 2006).[1][11][12][13]

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Smith has appeared as a national radio personality in many major media markets having appeared in radio outlets such as Clear Channel Communications, XM Radio, Sirius Radio, WABC (New York), Fox News Radio, KRLA (Los Angeles), WRKO (Boston), America's Talk Satellite Network (Florida), WKAT (Miami), WIND (Chicago) KNTS (San Francisco), KSKY (Dallas), KLUP (San Antonio), KPIT (Pittsburgh), KNTP (Philadelphia), WITH (Baltimore) and Salem Communications.[14] [15][16]

Charity

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In March 2009, Smith hosted a charity event for the Humane Society of New York at the Hudson Terrace in New York City.[17][18] [19] [20][21][22]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fame Game, Mark W. Smith Celebrates The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy and New Law Firm". Famegame.com. January 12, 2008. Archived from the original on February 1, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  2. ^ "An Amazing Advocate". Avenuemagazine-digital.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  3. ^ Bummed Businessmen and VIP Meghan McCain Archived October 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "The Battle of the Braid Brigade". New York Times. January 26, 1997. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  5. ^ "Inventory of the Robert W. Clower Papers". Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University.
  6. ^ Wise, Daniel (August 4, 2008). "New York Law Journal "Jury Rejects Claims of $23 Million in Unusual No-Fault Case," Daniel Wise, New York Law Journal, August 4, 2008". Law.com. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  7. ^ Weiser, Benjamin (May 14, 1997). ""A Co-op Must Pay $640,000 for Denying Sublet to Black," New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  8. ^ Gernstetter, Blake (September 10, 2008). ")Media Bistro.com's The Fish Bowl". Mediabistro.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  9. ^ "Avenue Magazine". Avenuemagazine-digital.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  10. ^ "Benjamin Weiser, The". New York Times. May 14, 1997. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  11. ^ Smith, Mark W. (March 24, 2006). Amazon. Regnery. ISBN 0895260271.
  12. ^ Jackson, Gregg (December 11, 2007). Amazon. Regnery. ISBN 978-1596980495.
  13. ^ "Amazon". Amazon. September 9, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  14. ^ John Pendleto Show[permanent dead link‍]
  15. ^ Columbia University
  16. ^ Top 100 Political Books on Amazon.com Archived February 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ Moses, Ariel (March 9, 2009). "Photos for a Cause at the Smith Valliere PLLC Spring Fling for the Humane Society Of New York". GuestofaGuest.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
  18. ^ Fame Game
  19. ^ "Fame Game". Fame Game. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  20. ^ "Patrick Mcmullan". Patrick Mcmullan. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  21. ^ Socially Superlative[usurped]
  22. ^ "New York Social Diary". Nysocialdiary.com. January 1, 1970. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011.

Bibliography

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  • The Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy. Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 2004. ISBN 0-89526-085-9.
  • Disrobed: The New Battle Plan to Break the Left's Stranglehold on the Courts. New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0-307-33925-4.
  • #Duped: How the Anti-gun Lobby Exploits the Parkland School Shooting—and How Gun Owners Can Fight Back. New York: Bombardier Books, 2018. ISBN 978-1642930115.
  • First They Came for the Gun Owners: The Campaign to Disarm You and Take Your Freedoms. New York: Bombardier Books, 2020. ISBN 978-1642938289.
  • Disarmed: What the Ukraine War Teaches Americans About the Right to Bear Arms. New York: Bombardier Books, 2023. ISBN 978-1637589236.
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