He also spends a substantial portion of his practice as a neutral, mediating and arbitrating cases. His practice emphasizes complex litigation, including business, commercial, environmental, natural resource, securities, employment, contract, intellectual property and tort claims. He has been actively involved in matters involving professional sports. He has been a frequent instructor, author, and speaker in bar association seminars and presentations, principally in the areas of civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Mr. Smith has been consistently chosen by his peers as a “Superlawyer” in the areas of Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution in the 1999-2011 Washington Law and Politics surveys. He also has been rated as one of the top 100 lawyers in the State of Washington in 2004-2011. Mr. Smith can be contacted by email at: jas@smithhennessey.com.