Smith Creal, Mekisha

Paul Smith is a shareholder at Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren. He brings over 20 years of civil trial experience to the firm, focusing his practice on product liability litigation and claim prevention, construction litigation, insurance coverage litigation and commercial litigation.

He has extensive trial and appellate experience in both state and federal courts. He has tried cases in Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Pennsylvania and handled numerous other cases to resolution in many other states across the country.

Paul has represented a wide variety of product manufacturers ranging from industrial equipment manufacturers and construction equipment manufacturers to household maintenance products. He also consults with product manufacturers on proper warnings, instruction manuals and product design. He represents contractors, architects and engineers in a variety of construction related litigation including bond claims, design and construction defect claims and contractual disputes. He has also represented clients involved in complex coverage litigation involving hundreds of underlying claims and dozens of insurers. Additionally, he has managed the asbestos litigation of several domestic and foreign corporations.

Paul has achieved the highest possible Martindale-Hubbell rating for legal ability and adherence to professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence.* He is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, the Hennepin County Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute.