Theodore B. Smyth - Raleigh, NC

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1981
    J.D.
    Law Review: Wake Forest Law Review, 1979 - 1981

• Non Legal Education

  • Colby College, 1978
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Of Counsel

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Automobile Insurance Law, Wake Forest University School of Law, Continuing Legal Education, Raleigh, North Carolina, November 10, 2006
  
• Speaker, North Carolina Bad Faith Insurance Claims, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Raleigh, North Carolina, November 3, 2006
  
• Speaker, Automobile Insurance Law, Wake Forest University School of Law Seminar given at Raleigh, North Carolina, November 10, 2005
  
• Speaker, Auto Insurance Made Simple, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Greensboro, North Carolina, October 28, 2005
  
• Speaker, Insurance Bad Faith Claims, Lorman Education Systems, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 30, 2005
  
• Speaker, Topics on UM/UIM Law and an Insurable Interest, North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Association, Raleigh, North Carolina, January 23, 2004
  
• Course Planner and Speaker, Insurance Bad Faith Claims, North Carolina Bar Association, Cary, North Carolina, November 14, 2003
  
• Speaker, Insurance Bad Faith Claims, Lorman Education Services, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 27, 2003
  
• Speaker, Insurance Law Seminar, Lorman Education Services, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 9, 2003
  
• Speaker, Life and Related Coverage Issues, Wake Forest University School of Law, Seminar given in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 7, 2003
  
• Speaker, A Primer on Insurance Law, General Insurance Law, the Insuring Agreement and How to Read an Insurance Policy, North Carolina Bar Association, Greensboro, North Carolina, February 14, 2003
  
• Speaker, Insurance Law Class, Campbell University Law School, Buies Creek, North Carolina, November 14, 2002
  
• Speaker, Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage Issues, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Cary, North Carolina, November 1, 2002
  
• Speaker, Insurance Bad Faith Claims, Lorman Education Services, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 28, 2002
  
• Speaker, Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Law, National Business Institute, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 9, 2002

Published Works

Articles

• Article, Where's the Money? Insurance Coverage Issues in Business Litigation, Trial Briefs (North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers)
  
• Article, Humor and the Practice of Law, Wake County Bar Association Newsletter, July, 2005
  
• Article, A Brief Survey of the Law of Other Insurance Clauses, The Defender, October, 1993
  
• Article, A Brief Analysis of the Interaction Between Workers' Compensation Subrogation and the UM/UIM for Workers' Compensation Benefits, The Defender
  
• Book Review, North Carolina Automobile Insurance Law, North Carolina State Bar, Quarterly, 1989
  
• Article, The Physician - Patient Privilege after Cates v. Wilson (Co-authored with Aileen M. Mercer), Prognosis, March, 1988
• Article, Discovery Sanctions and Protections (Co-authored with Patricia Holland), The Litigator, June, 1984

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 1981
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Wake County Bar Association (Member, Professionalism Committee)
• Tenth Judicial District Bar Association, President (2012); Professionalism Committee (2009 - Present)
• North Carolina Bar Association
• American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• NCBA, Insurance Law Section, Chair (2013-2014); Litigation Section, CLE Committee (1994-1998)
• American Board of Trial Advocates' President of the Eastern North Carolina Chapter (2015); Eastern N.C. Board of Directors (2013 - 2015)
• Susie Sharp Inn of Court, Member (2016)
• Hospice of Wake County, Board Member (1999-2005); President, (2002- 2003)
• North Carolina Triangle Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Board Member (2009-2014); President (2011-2012)
• NC State Bar, Member; Advisory Member, Consumer Protection Subcommittee (1995-1998)
• North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, Board of Directors (1993-1996); Member (1984-2000)
• The Defender, Editor (1991)