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H. Smoger, Ph.D., J.D.
Dr. Smoger has represented a wide range of clients in personal injury litigation with a special interest in birth and early childhood injuries, injuries related to the brain and neurological system, and injuries caused by errant pharmaceuticals or environmental exposure. He has served as counsel for the Agent Orange Coordinating Council (AOCC), Children Afflicted by Toxic Substances (CATS), the Environmental Research Foundation (ERF), and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers' International Union (OCAW). He has served as a lead counsel in a number of
significant cases, such as the representation of the people of Times Beach,
groundwater contamination by Teledyne, Fairchild, and IBM, chlorine gas exposure
in Alberton, Montana, childhood lead contamination in Herculaneum, Mo. and
consumer class actions ranging from the fraud of "light" cigarettes to the
option arm mortgage loans that almost brought down our financial system. He
successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court the right of Vietnam veterans
to bring suit for Agent Orange exposure, although the case was later dismissed
for other reasons. He has also represented a wide range of amici before the
U.S. Supreme Court, including such diverse groups as the editors of the New
England Journal of Medicine, the AMA, the Center for Auto Safety, and the
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. Dr. Smoger currently serves on the boards of Public Justice (as a past President) and Physicians for Human Rights, as a trustee of the Pound Civil Justice Institute, and as Chair of Legal Affairs for the American Association for Justice (“AAJ”). Previously, he served on the Board of Governors of AAJ (1996 - 2006) and as a Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association's Toxic Torts, Hazardous Substances and Environmental Law committee (1993-2001). He also is a co-sponsor of a national law school competition (the “Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Contest”). In 2004 Dr. Smoger was named by Public Justice as a finalist for their Trial Lawyer of the Year award. He has been acknowledged every year as a "SuperLawyer" since that program began. Dr. Smoger is a member of the California, Texas and U.S. Supreme Court Bars.
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