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Practice Emphasis Employment and Labor Law Professional Experience Gregory E. Smith is a shareholder in the Litigation Department of Lionel Sawyer & Collins, and has 33 years of experience in labor and employment law matters. Mr. Smith was a partner/shareholder with the labor and employment law firm of Smith & Kotchka from 1982-2007. He was in-house labor counsel for the Nevada Resort Association from 1979-1981, and was a field attorney with the National Labor Relations Board (Region 28, Phoenix, Arizona) from 1974-1977. He has extensive experience in advising and representing management in traditional labor law matters, including unfair labor practice proceedings, union organizing campaigns, contract negotiations, arbitrations, and state and federal court injunction proceedings involving union strikes and picketing. In addition to his traditional labor law experience, Mr. Smith has litigated extensively in federal and state courts, as well as before administrative agencies, in the areas of wrongful discharge, employment discrimination, and wage and hour disputes. Mr. Smith is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and in Nevada Super Lawyers for Labor and Employment Law. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Reported Cases Roberts v. Las Vegas Valley Water District, 849 F. Supp. 1393 (D. Nev. 1994) D'Angelo v. Gardner, 107 Nev. 704 (1991) Fremont Hotel & Casino, 104 Nev. 394 (1988) Ready Mix, Inc., 337 NLRB 1189 (2002) Meadow Valley Contractors, Inc., 331 NLRB 800 (2000) Professional and Civic Affiliations Member, Clark County Bar Association Member, State Bar of Nevada Member, State Bar of Arizona Member, North Carolina State Bar Member, American Bar Association Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., 1974 Marshall University, B.A., 1969 Bar/Court Admissions North Carolina State Bar (inactive), 1974 State Bar of Arizona (inactive), 1977 U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1977 State Bar of Nevada, 1979 U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 1979 U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1982 U.S. Supreme Court, 1984. | 