Paul J. Smoot
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Practice Areas
- Business & Commercial Law
- Business Organizations
- Personal Injury - Plaintiff
- Employment Law -- Employee
- Employment Law -- Employer
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California
- J.D. – 1992
- Law Journal: Hastings Communications & Entertainment Law Journal, , 1990 – 1991
- University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
- B.S. – 1983
- Major: Biology
Bar Admission
- California, 1992
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1992
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1992
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1992
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1992
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1992
Honors
- American Jurisprudence Award, Corporations and Corporate Law
Pro-Bono Activities
- F.E.M.A. Representative, San Mateo County Bar Association, 1996 to 2002
- World Jurist Association, 1992
- Chairman Office of Technology Assessment, 2000 to 2001
Professional Associations
- San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, President, 2009 to 2009
- San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, First Vice President, 2008 to 2008
- San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, Second Vice President, 2007 to 2007
- San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, Secretary, 2005 to 2006
- San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, Treasurer, 2004 to 2005
- San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Board, 2004
- San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 2001
- San Mateo County Barristers, President, 1996 to 1997
- San Mateo County Barristers, Executive Board, 1992 to 1998
- San Mateo County Community Affairs, 1995 to 1998
- Legal Aid Clinic, Chairman
- Legal Aid Clinic, Member, Executive Board, 1994 to 1998
- San Mateo County Legal Aid Society, 1993 to 1998
- California State Bar, Business Litigation, Labor/Employment Law Sections
- American Bar Association, Employment Law Section