Zachary Smith

Associate

Phoenix

Services

Commercial Litigation

Biography

Zach Smith is a member of the firm’s commercial litigation group. Zach received his J.D. from Washburn University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts in English from Princeton University. Prior to joining the firm, Zach served as a judicial law clerk to Justice William G. Montgomery of the Arizona Supreme Court.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

Arizona

Court Admissions

Supreme Court of Arizona

Education

Washburn University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude)
- Washburn Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief
- Recipient of 13 CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
- Judge J. Richard Foth Writing Award (2021) (best brief for Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing II)
Princeton University (B.A., English)

Experience

Previous Professional Experience

Arizona Supreme Court, Judicial Law Clerk to Justice William G. Montgomery (2023-2024)
United States Bankruptcy Court Central District of California, Judicial Law Clerk (2023)
Snell & Wilmer, Summer Associate (2022)
Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace and Baur, L.L.P., Summer Associate (2021)
Washburn University School of Law, Research Assistant for Professor David Rubenstein (2020-2021)
Urban Compass, Inc., Contracts and Operations Associate (2019-2020)
Paxos Trust Company, LLC, Strategic Business Operations Associate (2017-2019)
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Paralegal (2016-2017)

Representative Presentations and Publications

“Second Circuit Clarifies Showing Necessary to Satisfy New York’s Long-Arm Statute for Cases Involving Foreign, Internet-Based Companies,”Author, SWIPLit Blog (October 7, 2024)
“Providing “More of a Distraction”: Explainable AI Techniques Violate the Pretext Doctrine in Administrative Law,” Author, 61 Washburn L.J. 647 (2022)