Derek Smith

Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC

(332) 910-5660

One Pennsylvania Plaza, Suite 4905
New York City, New York 10119


About Derek Smith

Derek Smith has practiced sexual harassment and discrimination law for over 25 years. He has obtained the largest emotional distress jury verdict ever to be sustained on appeal in the entire United States for an employment law case. Derek Smith has also secured a settlement in excess of $15,000,000 on behalf of a client.

Attorney Derek Smith is an experienced labor & employment law litigator who has particular experience in the areas of workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, civil rights litigation, employment law, and civil litigation. Attorney Smith received his J.D. in 1994 from the Penn State Dickinson School of Law, his B.A. in 1991 from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., and studied at the Université de Droit, d’Économie, et des Sciences d’Aix-Marseille in Aix-en-Provence, France.

Attorney Derek T. Smith is admitted to the state bars of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, and California. Derek Smith is admitted to the Federal Courts in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida and California. Derek Smith is also proud to be admitted to The Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C.

Attorney Smith is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (“NELA”), National Employment Lawyers Association of New York (“NELA/NY”), New York State Trial Lawyers (“NYSTLA”) and practices in the New York, Florida, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles offices.

Education

  • J.D.
    The Penn State, Dickinson School of Law, 1994
  • B.A.
    The University of Michigan 1991
  • Université de Droit, d’Économie, et des Sciences d’Aix-Marseille
    1990

Languages Spoken

  • English ,French

Practice Areas

  • Employment Discrimination
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Wage and Hour
  • Whistleblower
  • Family and Medical Leave Act
  • Retaliation
  • Wrongful Termination
  • Child Sexual Abuse

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(332) 910-5660

One Pennsylvania Plaza, Suite 4905
New York City, New York 10119

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