Brandy A. Smith

Brandy A. Smith is an experienced trial attorney and litigator in Harwood Lloyd’s Insurance Defense practice, with more than 23 years of experience in New York civil litigation. She defends high-exposure personal injury and general liability cases involving automobile negligence, premises liability, Labor Law claims, and commercial liability. She represents insureds, businesses, and property owners from initial case evaluation and discovery through motion practice, mediation, settlement, and trial.
Before joining Harwood Lloyd, Ms. Smith spent more than a decade as a senior trial attorney for major national insurance carriers, handling complex bodily injury cases from inception through resolution. She has extensive trial and deposition experience and a history of successful defense verdicts. She works closely with clients and claims professionals to assess risk and determine how best to defend and resolve each case. She has also lectured fellow counsel on the use of biomechanical experts in jury trials.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Smith spent a decade practicing real estate law including transactional real estate practice and landlord/tenant litigation as well as handling appeals and oral argument.
Ms. Smith earned her Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 1999 and received her Juris Doctor from Hofstra University School of Law in 2002, where she held an Academic Merit Scholarship and participated in the Housing Rights Clinic. Ms. Smith was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2003 and to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in 2012.