Conor Smith

Conor H.M. Smith

Associate
Minneapolis

Conor Smith unravels business disputes for lenders, corporate trustees, general contractors, agribusinesses, and investors in state and federal courts. His past projects include subcontractor disputes, foreclosure litigation, fraud investigation and prosecution, loss recovery, receiverships, commercial mortgage defaults, and insurance coverage matters.

Conor works at all stages of a matter, from pre-pleading dispute resolution, complex electronic discovery management, mediation, and trial to appeal, collections, and judgment enforcement. Throughout his advocacy for a client, Conor applies long-term strategy to shape litigation over its lifetime to achieve clients’ end goals.

Experience 

Representative Matters

  • Part of trial team obtaining eight-figure judgment, jury verdict, and affirmance on appeal for bond trustee against borrower, its principal, and related entities on contract, fraud, fraudulent transfer, and veil-piercing claims
  • Part of trial team obtaining jury verdict on behalf of commodity trading firm related to breaches of a supply contract
  • Negotiated and drafted multiple Miller-Shugart style assignments of claims against insurers in complex multiparty agricultural tort matter

Professional Highlights

Judicial Clerkship

Hon. Alice R. Senechal, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, 2018-2020

Hon. Daniel J. Crothers, North Dakota Supreme Court, 2017-2018

Recognition & Accomplishments

North Star Lawyer, Minnesota Lawyer, 2020

Credentials 

Education

University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2017)
Public Service Award
International Law Society

Fudan University School of International Relation and Public Affairs (M.A., 2012)

Georgetown University (B.A., cum laude, 2010)

Languages

Chinese

Admissions

Minnesota

North Dakota

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota