Michael F. Smith

918.388.5578

Michael F. Smith is a member of EldridgeCooperSteichen&Leach. Michael has a wide range of litigation experience, with an emphasis in research and writing in products liability litigation.

Michael is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts of the State of Oklahoma, as well as the United States Supreme Court, Eighth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals, United States District Court the Northern District of Illinois, District of Colorado, and all state courts in Illinois and New York.

Education:

• University of Tulsa (JD 1991 with distinction)
• Notes & Comments Editor, Tulsa Law Journal 1990-91
• Robert C. Butler Jr. Award for Excellence in
• Legal Scholarship and Writing
• Oklahoma State University (BS 1987)

Practice Areas:

• Products Liability; Complex Litigation; Appellate Practice

Publications:

• Is Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Eroding the Learned Intermediary Doctrine?, For The Defense, Vol. 41, No. 12, p. 14 (Defense Research Institute, December 1999)
• Walker, Holderness & Butler, State-by-State Guide to Architect, Engineer, and Contractor Licensing, Oklahoma Chapter (Aspen Law & Business 1999)
• Baker v. Arbor Drugs, Inc.: Pharmacies Beware of Voluntarily Assuming the Duty to Protect Against Harmful Drug Interactions, 14 J. Contemp. Health L. & Policy 41 (1997)
• The Evolution of PRP Standing Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 21 Wm. & Mary Env. L. & Policy Rev. 300 (1997)
• Limiting Liability of the Passive Lender Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 26 Tulsa. L.J. 75 (1990)