{"id":1370,"date":"2019-02-26T10:16:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T16:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsfirm.com\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2019-02-26T10:16:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T16:16:53","slug":"ward-smith-hill-promotes-attorney-andrea-fair-to-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsfirm.com\/news\/ward-smith-hill-promotes-attorney-andrea-fair-to-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ward, Smith &#038; Hill Promotes Attorney Andrea Fair to Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LONGVIEW,\nTexas \u2013 Trial law firm Ward, Smith &amp; Hill, PLLC, is pleased to announce\nthat firm attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/wsfirm.com\/attorneys\/andrea-l-fair-2\/\">Andrea L. Fair<\/a> has been promoted to\npartner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms.\nFair, whose promotion became effective Feb. 1, handles intellectual property\nand business litigation. She serves on the firm\u2019s trial team, participating in\nseveral phases, including picking the jury, directing and cross-examining fact\nand expert witnesses, and closing arguments. Ms. Fair routinely appears and argues\nat pretrial hearings while also helping teams prepare their cases and witnesses\nfor trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAndrea\nis an excellent trial lawyer,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/wsfirm.com\/attorneys\/johnny-ward\/\">Johnny Ward<\/a>, founding partner of Ward, Smith\n&amp; Hill. \u201cShe is truly an expert at her craft, and that talent is evident in\nthe courtroom. I\u2019m proud of her accomplishments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms.\nFair joined the firm in 2016 after five years of handling complex commercial\nlitigation in Houston, where she focused on patent infringement cases,\nconstruction disputes, insurance coverage and defense work. She was recognized in\n2017 and 2018 on the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for her work in\nintellectual property and business litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve\nenjoyed working with and learning from the talented team of litigators at Ward,\nSmith &amp; Hill, and I\u2019m excited about this new position and the\nresponsibility that comes with it,\u201d said Ms. Fair. \u201cThis is a firm that thrives\non teamwork, always for the benefit of our clients.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Fair is licensed to practice in all Texas state and federal courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She is a member of the Gregg County Bar Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms.\nFair is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law and earned her\nundergraduate degree from the College of Liberal Arts at the same university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Longview,\nTexas-based Ward, Smith &amp; Hill, PLLC, has tried more than 350 cases to\nverdict, earning a national reputation in high-stakes claims involving complex\ncommercial litigation, intellectual property law, oil and gas matters, bad\nfaith insurance claims, and serious personal injury claims. The firm frequently\nassists lawyers nationwide in complex cases before Texas juries. To learn more\nabout the firm, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/wsfirm.com\">https:\/\/wsfirm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW, Texas \u2013 Trial law firm Ward, Smith &amp; Hill, PLLC, is pleased to announce that firm attorney Andrea L. Fair has been promoted to partner. Ms. Fair, whose promotion became effective Feb. 1, handles intellectual property and business litigation. She serves on the firm\u2019s trial team, participating in several phases, including picking the jury, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ward, Smith &amp; Hill Promotes Attorney Andrea Fair to Partner - Ward, Smith &amp; Hill, PLLC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wsfirm.com\/news\/ward-smith-hill-promotes-attorney-andrea-fair-to-partner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ward, Smith &amp; Hill Promotes Attorney Andrea Fair to Partner - Ward, Smith &amp; Hill, PLLC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LONGVIEW, Texas \u2013 Trial law firm Ward, Smith &amp; Hill, PLLC, is pleased to announce that firm attorney Andrea L. 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