Real Estate High School

DWAYNE W. SMITH

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EDUCATION

The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX

J.D., May 2008

Order of the Barristers, Member

Highest grade in class: Advanced Civil Litigation (A+)

Certified Mediator

The Review of Litigation, Staff Editor

Dean s Merit Scholarship, Recipient

Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition

Regional Champion

National Semi-finalist

Georgetown National White Collar Mock Trial Competition

National Semi-finalist

Texas Young Lawyers Association Mock Trial Competition

Board of Advocates, Member and Advocate

Voir Dire Competition Champion and Best Advocate

Negotiation Competition Finalist

Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox Endowed Mock Trial Competition Finalist

1L Society Mentor

Partnership in Advocacy Scholars Award

Mock Trial Coach for St. Stephens Episcopal High School Mock Trial Team

Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity

The University of Texas, Austin, TX

B.A. Government, May 2005

Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Gardner Aldrich, LLP, Fort Worth, TX

Attorney, June 2010 Present

Represented party in real estate partition action settled without necessity o f

filing suit

Assisted in representation of successful will contest of large estate

Drafted a nd argued various motions, including motions f or summary

judgment, in many areas of civil litigation

Represented clients in suits involving commercial litigation, premises liability,

fraud, foreclosure proceedings, a nd family law disputes including divorce

and child custody,

Clark, Thomas, & Winters, A Professional Corporation, Austin, TX

Attorney, August 2008 June 2010

Drafted a nd reviewed asset a nd stock purchase a nd sale agreements f or clients

in m any different industries; drafted sweep a nd repurchase agreements f or

banking client

Drafted various corporate agreements and opinion letters to corporate clients

Conducted various research projects regarding corporate, products liability,

commercial litigation, and energy regulatory law

Drafted motions f or summary judgment: defense o f major Texas b ank in

$ 500,000 contract dispute; defense o f multi-million dollar college study

abroad c ompany in suit f or minority shareholder oppression, also helped

coordinate defense strategy; defense o f hotel owner client in suit f or

condemnation; defense o f commercial real estate owner in landlord tenant

dispute

Counseled film p roduction client in dispute regarding denial o f state

g overnment contract; advised software development c ompany a nd healthcare

provider on trademark infringement suits

Advised 5 29 plan in suit f or misrepresentation o f investment securities, class

action suit, a nd distribution o f proceeds in compliance with FDIC a nd state

abandoned property rules

Pro Bono: represented debtor in unfair debt collection action; divorce

involving 3 children, family violence, termination o f parental rights, a nd

adoption; divorce involving estate in excess o f $ 400,000; multiple evening

community pro bono clinics

Extended Faculty Member, The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX

August 2008 June 2010

Coach o f T hurgood Marshall Mock Trial Team 2 010 Regional Champion,

National Semi-Finalist

Hartline, Dacus, Barger, Dreyer & Kern, L.L.P., Dallas, TX

Summer Associate, July August 2007

Research Assistant to Professor Frank Cross, Austin, TX

May 2006 May 2007

Researched a nd designed a comparative study o f the use o f precedent b y the

Roberts Court

Thompson Law Firm, Houston, TX

Legal Assistant, 2003 2005

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout, 1999

Best Buddies, 2003 2008

Member a nd mentor; participated as a mentor a nd friend to mentally disabled

individual through big brother program

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

State Bar of Texas

Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association

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