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Timothy A. Smith

Timothy A. Smith

Counsel

  • Stamford
  • tsmith@carmodylaw.com

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Legal Services

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Products Liability Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Land Use: Zoning, Permitting & Litigation

Education

  • Quinnipiac University School of Law, J.D., 2009 ~ magna cum laude
  • University of Connecticut, B.A., 2004 ~ magna cum laude

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Connecticut
  • New York

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Timothy A. Smith

Counsel

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Tim’s practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation in both state and federal court as well as in arbitration. Tim has experience representing clients in complex business and commercial matters including cases involving various forms of contract disputes, corporate governance issues, insurance coverage disputes, employment litigation, products liability, commercial housing matters, property disputes, and construction defect litigation. Tim also has experience representing clients in land use appeals and tax appeals and has handled matters before the Connecticut Appellate and Supreme Courts.  In particular, he has been part of a team that has defended numerous land use appeals for clients that have obtained approvals before local zoning boards.  Tim also is admitted in bankruptcy court for the District of Connecticut.

Prior to joining Carmody, Tim worked at an insurance defense firm in Hartford serving clients throughout the state of Connecticut focused on civil and personal injury litigation. He previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Lubbie Harper, Jr. and the Honorable Thomas G. West of the Connecticut Appellate Court, and as a law clerk to the Judges of the Connecticut Superior Court.

Affiliations

  • Connecticut Bar Association

  • Fairfield County Bar Association

  • New York State Bar Association

Distinctions

  • Best Lawyers® – Commercial Litigation, 2024-2025

  • New Leaders in the Law, Connecticut Law Tribune, 2022

  • Rising Star, Connecticut Super Lawyers® – Civil Litigation- Plaintiff, 2018-2022

Connecticut Movers: Partners Elected at 4 CT Firms

February 02, 2024
Carmody's new partners and counsel feature in Connecticut Law Tribune this week. Click here for more information.

Carmody Elects Two Lawyers to the Partnership and Three to Counsel

January 08, 2024
Carmody is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2024 it has elected Wesley D. Cain and Bridget D’Angelo to the partnership. The firm has also elected Colleen Noonan Davis, Lawrence D. Paelet and Timothy A. Smith to the role of counsel. Commenting on the promotion of the new partners,
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Carmody Lawyers Ranked in More than 30 Areas of Law in Best Lawyers in America 2024

August 17, 2023
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey has received more than 90 accolades across over 30 areas of law and across all its offices in Connecticut, in the 30th edition of The Best Lawyers in America® 2024. Forty-two Carmody lawyers are named to the ‘Best Lawyers’ list and ten lawyers are listed
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31 Carmody Attorneys Selected to the 2021 Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars in Connecticut Lists

October 12, 2021
Carmody is proud to announce the selection of 31 of its attorneys to the Connecticut Super Lawyers® or Rising Stars lists for 2021. Selected attorneys are noted below. Each year, no more than 5% of the lawyers in the state are selected as Super Lawyers® and no more than 2.5%
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Commercial Tenant Bankruptcy: A Summary as State Courts Reopen

June 22, 2020
On April 10, 2020, Governor Ned Lamont issued Executive Order No. 7X, detailed here, which instituted a moratorium on residential evictions and summary process actions until July 1, 2020. The Governor’s Order did not apply to commercial eviction proceedings. While a commercial landlord was permitted to serve a notice to
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