BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N;LANGUAGE=en-us:Smith;Thomas;;;Esq. FN:Thomas Smith Esq. ORG:Fox Galvin, Attorneys At Law TITLE:Partner NOTE;CHARSET=us-ascii;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Thomas J. Smith has over ten years experience defending hospitals, doctors,= nurses, chiropractors, health insurers, and other health care providers in= medical malpractice litigation, as well as businesses and product manufact= urers in product liability, personal injury, class action, and commercial l= itigation. Mr. Smith has successfully defended insurance companies, medical= institutions, transportation companies, medical professionals, product man= ufacturers, and other businesses in personal injury lawsuits in Missouri an= d Illinois state and federal courts. =0D=0A= Recently, Mr. Smith obtained summary judgment for a hospital in a medical m= alpractice lawsuit. The depositions of the plaintiff's expert witnesses wer= e taken and no opinions were rendered against Mr. Smith's client. Although = plaintiff argued the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applied, the Court rejec= ted plaintiff's argument and granted summary judgment. In 1999, Mr. Smith o= btained a defense verdict for a local amusement park in a personal injury c= ase tried in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of M= issouri. Mr. Smith has also obtained defense verdicts for transportation co= mpanies in cases tried in the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County. Mr. S= mith has tried and defended medical malpractice lawsuits against doctors an= d hospitals throughout Missouri.=0D=0A= In addition to being a trial attorney, Mr. Smith has lectured in the areas = of risk management and trial strategy to hospitals and doctors.=0D=0A= Mr. Smith has successfully defended businesses and product manufacturers in= product liability and class action lawsuits. In the past three years, Mr. = Smith defeated class certification in a class action lawsuit alleging billi= ng fraud against a transportation company and he defeated class certificati= on in a putative nationwide class action suit against an automobile manufac= turer.=0D=0A= Thomas J. Smith is a founding partner of Fox Galvin, LLC. He is licensed to= practice in Missouri and Illinois, and is also admitted to practice in the= United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the = Southern District of Illinois, along with state and federal appellate court= s in Missouri and Illinois. Mr. Smith received his undergraduate degree in = business administration from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1990 a= nd his law degree from Saint Louis University in 1993. He is a member of th= e American Bar Association, Missouri and Illinois State Bar Associations, t= he Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, and the Defense Research Insti= tute. TEL;WORK;VOICE:(314) 588-7000 x104 TEL;WORK;FAX:(314) 588-1965 ADR;WORK;PREF:;;One Memorial Drive, 12th Floor;St. Louis;Missouri;63102;United States of America LABEL;WORK;PREF;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:One Memorial Drive, 12th Floor=0D=0A= St. Louis, Missouri 63102=0D=0A= United States of America X-MS-OL-DEFAULT-POSTAL-ADDRESS:2 URL;WORK:http://www.foxgalvin.com EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:tsmith@foxgalvin.com X-MS-CARDPICTURE;TYPE=JPEG;ENCODING=BASE64: /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEAYABgAAD/2wBDAAcFBQYFBAcGBQYIBwcIChELCgkJChUPEAwRGBUa GRgVGBcbHichGx0lHRcYIi4iJSgpKywrGiAvMy8qMicqKyr/2wBDAQcICAoJChQLCxQqHBgc KioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKir/wAAR CACUACcDASIAAhEBAxEB/8QAHwAAAQUBAQEBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAECAwQFBgcICQoL/8QAtRAA AgEDAwIEAwUFBAQAAAF9AQIDAAQRBRIhMUEGE1FhByJxFDKBkaEII0KxwRVS0fAkM2JyggkK FhcYGRolJicoKSo0NTY3ODk6Q0RFRkdISUpTVFVWV1hZWmNkZWZnaGlqc3R1dnd4eXqDhIWG h4iJipKTlJWWl5iZmqKjpKWmp6ipqrKztLW2t7i5usLDxMXGx8jJytLT1NXW19jZ2uHi4+Tl 5ufo6erx8vP09fb3+Pn6/8QAHwEAAwEBAQEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAECAwQFBgcICQoL/8QAtREA AgECBAQDBAcFBAQAAQJ3AAECAxEEBSExBhJBUQdhcRMiMoEIFEKRobHBCSMzUvAVYnLRChYk NOEl8RcYGRomJygpKjU2Nzg5OkNERUZHSElKU1RVVldYWVpjZGVmZ2hpanN0dXZ3eHl6goOE hYaHiImKkpOUlZaXmJmaoqOkpaanqKmqsrO0tba3uLm6wsPExcbHyMnK0tPU1dbX2Nna4uPk 5ebn6Onq8vP09fb3+Pn6/9oADAMBAAIRAxEAPwD393CkA9TQCMFieKhc7nJH0FIxOcA8CgB7 zjogz7mlj5GT19agAyasD5U59M0AQv8APNt9KKSIZctRQA4cZPoKSlP3frSUAEYy1SzHEZHr xTYQM0kx5C0ANU7Yie+aKJOFVaKAFbrx2pKO1A6/SgCeMfLn1qA/NN+NWD8kf0FV4uWJ9qAE lOXx6UU1my5PvRQA/tTox8wpvapYh39BigAmbCAetRr8sZPrSzHL49BQQSoVeT3oAgoqYRoo y55ooABycVKhwvHJPNIGjJ4Xn6UrkqhI4oAb5a7tznJPYU15CPlUbeKSPJcknkCmuQXNADVG 5vmNFJjJwKKALEY+YfnSzHgD8aWNflJ/CmOy7zxkjjnoKACMELn3qPCqeTk+gqRyfLwcDgDi oqAAucYX5fpRTKKALx4TJ7VXA3MPc1PKcRketQp1J9BQASHgD1yajp0n38enFNoAZRRRQBZm PzAelJH93nuaRzlj9aceE+g/nQBCTk5ooPWigBlFFFAFkPuIBHWlYrjBxyaYnUn0FI/UD0FA BsU9P0NIY/f8xTT1oDEdCRQAbGxxz9DRRvOOQD+FFAEqfcb8Ka332+tFFADD1ooooAZRRRQB /9k= X-MS-OL-DESIGN;CHARSET=utf-8: REV:20101118T165642Z END:VCARD