Eric A. Smith

Director 

esmith@rackemann.com

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Tel: 617-951-1127

- Business- Insurance

 

Education

Bar and Court Admissions

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• State of New Hampshire
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Practice Focus

Eric’s practice focuses on the representation of state insurance regulators regarding the liquidation, rehabilitation, and examination of insurance companies, as well as handling administrative, insurance coverage, reinsurance and other disputes and litigation.

Notable Experience

Eric has represented the liquidators of large property/casualty insurance companies in complex disputes with corporate claimants and reinsurers. He has also represented insurance regulators in examinations and reorganizations of insurers, in addition to representing insurers and others in various contractual disputes. These matters have involved litigation in the state and federal trial and appellate courts. Reported decisions include: In the Matter of the Liquidation of American Mut. Liab. Ins. Co., 440 Mass. 796 (2004). While at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, Eric represented the Commonwealth, state agencies and officials in cases challenging statutes, regulations, and administrative decisions in areas such as taxation, insurance and rate setting.

Background

Joined Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster in 1995

Assistant Attorney General, Administrative Law Division, Government Bureau, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, 1991-1995.

Litigation Associate, Ropes & Gray, 1986-1991

Law Clerk, Honorable Walter Jay Skinner, United States District Judge, 1985-1986

Professional Activities

• Belmont Zoning Board of Appeals
• Belmont Town Meeting Member