Joshua T. Smith

Areas of Practice: Business Enterprises and Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Finance, Lending and Banking; Real Estate; Labor and Employment and Intellectual Property

Associate Counsel practicing in business transactions. Represents both individual and entity clients in achieving their business goals from entity formation to corporate restructuring and M&A, as well as other aspects of corporate, employment and intellectual property law.

Education

Juris Doctor, Southern Methodist University
  Senior Articles Editor - Science & Technology Law Review
  Tsai Scholar - Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation
  Vice President - Intellectual Property Organization
  Pro Bono Honor Roll
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science; Bachelor of Arts, Communication - Virginia Tech
  Minors: Philosophy, Music Technology, Science, Engineering and Law
  Honors College Scholar
  Beta Theta Pi Fraternity

Professional History

Admitted to Texas Bar - 2017

Professional Affiliations

Member, State Bar of Texas, Science and Technology Law Section
Member, Dallas Bar Association
Member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Publications

Co-Author, “Conference Materials, Emerging Technologies Challenging Current Legal Paradigms, NAT'L CHENGCHI UNIV. INT'L CONFERENCE (2017) Space Systems Loral, LLC v Orbital/ATK [4:17-cv-00025-RAJ-LRL], 19 THE PRÉCIS 51-55 (2017) Update Conference Materials, Suggestions on Orbital Debris' Peaceful Cleanup Through an Int'l Orbital Debris Convention or Unilateral Actions, ABA FORUM ON AIR & SPACE LAW (2017) Note, The Future of Space Exploration: SpaceX's Petition for inter Partes Review Against Blue Origin's Rocket-Landing Technology, 19 SMU SCI. & TECH.L. REV. 65 (2016)