Douglas J. Smillie - Allentown, PA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1982
    J.D.
    Law Review: Villanova Law Review, Editor, 1981 - 1982

• Non Legal Education

  • Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1978
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Shareholder & Chair - Litigation

Past Positions

• Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, Partner, 1991 - 1996
• Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, Associate, 1982 - 1990

Pro Bono Activities

• Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Member, Board of Directors, 2007-2016
• Lehigh Valley Zoological Society, Former Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, 2007-2014

Representative Cases

• In re New York City Shoes, Inc.
  • Citation: 880 F.2d 679
  • Court: C.A.3 (Pa.)
  • Year: 1989
  • Serial Number: 1989103783
• In re GEC Industries, Inc.
  • Citation: 107 B.R. 491
  • Court: Bkrtcy.D.Del.
  • Year: 1989
  • Serial Number: 1989172910
• U.S. v. Nicolet, Inc.
  • Citation: 857 F.2d 202
  • Court: C.A.3 (Pa.)
  • Year: 1988
  • Serial Number: 1988116916
• Student Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. v. Anchor Thread Co.
  • Citation: 1988 WL 49177
  • Court: D.N.J.
  • Year: 1988
  • Serial Number: 1988066955
• Penn Jersey Advance, Inc. v. Grim
  • Citation: 962 A.2d 632
  • Court: Pa.
  • Year: 2009
• Jacoby v. Bethlehem Suburban Motor Sales
  • Citation: 820 F. Supp.2d, 609
  • Court: E.D.Pa.
  • Year: 2011
• Poskin v. TD Banknorth, N.A.
  • Citation: 687 F. Supp. 2d 530
  • Court: W.D. Pa.
  • Year: 2009
• In re Szymanski
  • Citation: 413 B.R. 232
  • Court: Bankr. E.D. Pa.
  • Year: 2009
• Bernhard v. Brown & Brown of Lehigh Valley
  • Citation: 720 F., Supp. 2d 694
  • Court: E.D.Pa.
  • Year: 2010
• Korn v. Kertesz
  • Citation: WL3283400
  • Court: E.D.Pa.
  • Year: 2007
• Kiesel v. Lehigh Valley Eye Center, P.C.
  • Citation: 2006 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 261
  • Court: C.C.P. Lehigh
  • Year: 2006
• Snyder v. Exclusive Transp. For Industry
  • Citation: 2005 WL 1175937, 95 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas (BNA) 1648
  • Court: E.D.Pa.
  • Year: 2005
• Kirkpatrick v. Easton Publishing Co.
  • Citation: 53 Northampton County Rep. 21
  • Court: Northampton
  • Year: 2003
• In re Reimiller (Schwab v. Conseco Finance Consumer Discount Co.)
  • Citation: 281 B.R. 561
  • Court: Bankr. M.D. Pa.
  • Year: 2002
• Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. v. Lehigh Coal & Navigation, Inc.
  • Citation: 1999WL1256365
  • Court: E.D.Pa.
  • Year: 1999
• Mattioli v. Media News Group
  • Citation: 1999WL729255
  • Court: E.D.Pa.
  • Year: 1999
• Patient Transfer Systems, Inc. v. Patient Handling Solutions, Inc.
  • Citation: 1999WL54568
  • Court: E.D.Pa.
  • Year: 1999
• O’Connell v. County of Northampton
  • Citation: 79 F.Supp.2d 529
  • Court: E.D.Pa.
  • Year: 1999
• In re Metropolitan Hospital
  • Citation: 119 B.R. 910
  • Court: E.D. Pa.
  • Year: 1990
• In re John J. Cassel, M.D., P.C.
  • Citation: 2014 WL 7151128 (Bankr, E.D. Pa. January 29, 2014), aff’d, 2014 WL 7-58879 (E.D. Pa. December 15, 2014)
• Just Born, Inc. v Summit Foods Enterprises, Inc.
  • Citation: 2015 WL 996380 (E.D.Pa. March 6, 2015)
• Kiesel v. Lehigh Valley Eye Center, P.C.
  • Citation: 2006 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 261 (C.C.P. Lehigh 2006)
• Ferraro v. Penn Jersey Advance, Inc.
  • Citation: 54 Northampton County Rep. 262 (2006)
• The Plaza at 835 West Hamilton Street, LP v. City of Allentown
  • Citation: 58 Lehigh L. J. 383 (Comm. Pl. Lehigh Co., April 12, 2019), aff’d, 239 A.3d 1147 (Table)(Pa. Commwlth., August 25, 2020)
• Babb v. Centre Community Hospital
  • Citation: 58 Lehigh L. J. 383 (Comm. Pl. Lehigh Co., April 12, 2019), aff’d, 239 A.3d 1147 (Table)(Pa. Commwlth., August 25, 2020)
• Babb v. Centre Community Hospital
  • Citation: 47 A. 3d 1214 (Pa. Super. 2012)
• Easton Area School District v. Miller
  • Citation: 232 A.3d 716 (Pa. 2020)
• Solid Waste Services, Inc. v. City of Allentown
  • Citation: 61 Lehigh L.J. 959 (Comm. Pl. Lehigh Co. May 10, 2016), aff’d, 173 A.3d 1267 (Pa. Commwlth. July 20, 2017) (table), appeal den., 2018 WL 500341 (Pa. January 22, 2018)
• Retina Associates of Greater Philadelphia v. Retinovitreous Associates, Ltd.
  • Citation: 176 A.3d 262 (Pa. Super. 2017)

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1982
• New Jersey, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1983
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1982
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1984
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1995
• U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania

Other Affiliations

• Philadelphia Bar Association, 1982 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association/Litigation Section, 1982 - Present (Member)
• New Jersey State Bar Association/Bankruptcy Section, 1984 - Present
• Commercial Law League of America, 1984 - Present
• American Bankruptcy Institute, 1985 - Present
• Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference, 1988 - Present
• Turnaround Management Association, 1991 - Present (Member)
• Bar Association of Lehigh County
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Newspaper Association

Fraternities and Sororities

• Pi Sigma Alpha