James K. Smith

James K. Smith joined the law firm of Ventura, Ribeiro & Smith in 1997. He is a trial attorney concentrating in Personal Injury Litigation. Prior to joining Ventura, Ribeiro & Smith, Attorney Smith practiced with the law firm of Guendelsberger & Taylor in New Milford, CT from 1988 through 1992 and served as a partner in that firm from 1993 to 1997, where he concentrated in Personal Injury Litigation. Cases: $515k settlement for a motorcyclist forced to dump his bike when cut off by driver of a car $95k settlement for a bicyclist struck by a motor vehicle $250k for a construction worker struck by a vehicle at a highway work-site $250k for a motorcyclist struck by a car $65k for a student assaulted at school $50k for a woman injured on a carnival ride $415k for a Cambodian immigrant injured as a passenger in an intersection motor vehicle accident $700k for a passenger in a vehicle stuck by a tractor –trailer $60k for a deliveryman injured by defective conditions at a supermarket while making a delivery $1.15M for driver of a car injured in a tractor-trailer pile-up on Interstate 95 $390k for a woman injured in a collision on Interstate 84 $75k arbitration award for a man injured at a health club due to defective premises $60k for a woman injured slipping and falling on liquid at a supermarket $100k each for a husband and wife injured when driving their classic car which was struck from behind by a car $100k for a driver against his own insurer when struck by an underinsured driver Supports: Assumption College University of Connecticut School of Law Veterans of Foreign Wars USO Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Jimmy Fund Paralyzed Veterans' Association Habitat for Humanity St. Joseph's Indian School Cheyenne River Outreach Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees James K. Smith included in a Super Lawyers® list Other Sources of Feedback About James K. Smith Included on the 2019Connecticut Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2018 Connecticut Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Guendelsberger & Taylor, New Milford, CT, Associate
• Guendelsberger & Taylor, New Milford, CT, Partner

• Coaching Volunteer, Manages the New Milford Hurricanes in the Northwest Connecticut Connie Mack League
• Coaching Volunteer, Co-Founded Northeast Baseball Association over 27 league and currently is player/manager of the Washington, CT team
• Formerly Volunteered Coaching/Managing: New Milford Youth Soccer, Youth Baseball, Youth Basketball, and Babe Ruth Baseball, Washington Junior League Baseball

• Connecticut
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit

• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association
• American Association for Justice
• Danbury Bar Association
• New Milford CT Bar Association (Former President)
• CTLA Legislative Action Committee
• President's Council for Assumption College
• Mediator/Arbitrator, Amicus Mediation Group