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JACK SMART is a partner with the firm of Vogt & Resnick and is a member of the firm’s Litigation Group. Mr. Smart’s practice includes a broad range of business and employment litigation as well as legal and professional malpractice. His unique combination of business and legal experience is a proven asset in successfully representing clients in mediation, arbitration and litigation.

MR. SMART HAS EXTENSIVE HANDS-ON management experience in business and industry having served as Senior Vice President and Chief Group Executive for Monogram Industries, a N.Y.S.E.-listed conglomerate, and President and C.E.O of Spaulding Composites, Inc., a business Mr. Smart acquired in a leveraged acquisition from Monogram Industries. Mr. Smart later sold his interest in Spaulding Composites, returned to California, and entered the legal profession.

MR. SMART’S LEGAL EXPERIENCE COUPLED with his business background is a valuable tool for advising individuals, businesses and professionals in all aspects of business litigation and business transaction matters, as well as legal and professional malpractice.

MR. SMART EARNED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in Law and accomplished his Juris Doctorate Degree at Western State University College of Law; graduating in the top ten percent of his class. Mr. Smart became a member of the million-dollar verdict club early in his career and has been a member of the California Bar Association, and licensed to practice law since 1990. Mr. Smart is admitted to all Appellate Court Districts in Southern California, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Smart is an experienced arbitrator and mediator and has earned a Certificate in mediation from the Straus Institute for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law.