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East Texas’ Ward & Smith Adds Longtime Partner to Firm Name; Now Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC

March 16, 2015

LONGVIEW, Texas – Ward & Smith, one of East Texas’ leading trial law firms, is adding longtime firm partner Wesley Hill to the firm name. Ward & Smith Law Firm is now Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC. Mr. Hill has been a partner at the Longview-based firm since 2009, trying almost a dozen of his more than 20…

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Ward & Smith Helps Smartflash Win $532.9 Million Patent Infringement Verdict Against Apple

February 25, 2015

Federal jury finds Smartflash patents valid TYLER, Texas – A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has awarded Tyler, Texas-based Smartflash LLC a $532.9 million verdict after finding that technology giant Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) infringed a series of Smartflash patents in order to produce and sell Apple’s popular iTunes software. The trial…

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Ward & Smith Helps Rembrandt Wireless Technologies Win $15.7 Million Patent Verdict

February 23, 2015

Texas jury issues multimillion-dollar decision against Samsung over Bluetooth patents MARSHALL, Texas – Attorney T. John “Johnny” Ward Jr. of East Texas-based Ward & Smith recently helped firm client Rembrandt Wireless Technologies LP win a $15.7 million patent infringement verdict following a courtroom battle over two patents that cover the same Bluetooth technology commonly found in…

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Trial Team in Defective Guardrail Case Earns National Recognition

October 27, 2014

LONGVIEW, Texas – Former federal Judge T. John Ward of Ward & Smith and other members of the trial team that won a resounding $175 million verdict in a lawsuit over a defective guardrail system are being highlighted by The American Lawyer magazine and Texas Lawyer newspaper for their roles in the milestone case. In “Jury Delivers…

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“Team Effort” Leads to $175 Million Texas Verdict in Defective Guardrail Lawsuit

October 21, 2014

Ward & Smith’s T. John Ward helps win milestone jury award MARSHALL, Texas – A team of attorneys from New York, Florida and Texas have helped a whistleblower plaintiff and the U.S. government win a $175 million federal jury verdict against Dallas-based Trinity Industries Inc. for selling dangerous guardrail systems to the Federal Highway Administration. The winning trial team…

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