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On July 10, 2018, Smith LC attorneys Steve Smith and Kipp Muir and their co-counsel secured an attorneys’ fee award of over $1.8 million in favor of their clients, the Defendants in the Utah state court case of Young Living Essential Oils, LC v. dōTERRA, Inc. et al. that began in 2012 and was hotly...

The law firm of SMITH LC today announced the hiring of several new attorneys and the opening of a new office in Utah County. Commencing December 21, 2020, the new office will be located in Provo, Utah. Eventually, the firm expects to move to even larger offices in Lehi, near Thanksgiving Point. “We have been...

Effective April 3, 2017, attorney Stephanie P. Alexander has joined Smith LC. Stephanie is a former partner in the Orange County Office of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani. Stephanie is an experienced trial lawyer specializing in employment and employment related claims including defense of harassment and discrimination claims (including wrongful termination, retaliation, and breach of employment...

On June 4, 2015, Smith LC shareholder John Clifford obtained judgment in favor of his client following a multi-day trial in Orange County Superior Court before the Honorable Andrew P. Banks. The judgment resulted in the immediate turnover of a long-established Orange County business. Smith LC’s client had sold the business in question 12 years...

On July 1, 2015, all employees in California will begin accruing paid sick leave under the state’s new “Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act” (California Labor Code Sections 245-249). Under this new law, employees will be entitled to one hour of paid sick leave for every thirty hours of work. As employees accrue these hours of...