Eric A. Smith

Eric A. Smith

recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024
Awarded Practice Areas
Insurance Law
Awarded Practice Areas
Insurance Law
Works at
Davis, Malm & D'Agostine PC

8 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Eric is a regulatory attorney, focusing on the insurance sector. He represents state insurance regulators in the liquidation, rehabilitation and examination of insurance companies, as well as handling administrative, insurance coverage, reinsurance and other disputes and litigation.

Prior to entering private practice, Eric was an Assistant Attorney General, Administrative Law Division, Government Bureau, in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. He also served as law clerk to the Honorable Walter Jay Skinner, United States District Judge.

Recent Matters Include:

  • Represented the liquidators of large property/casualty insurance companies in complex disputes with corporate claimants and reinsurers, including disputes over coverage for asbestos and environmental claims, and in disputes over procedures in insurer liquidations.
  • Represent insurance regulators in examinations and reorganizations of insurance companies.
  • Represented insurers and others in coverage and other contractual disputes.
Works at
Davis, Malm & D'Agostine PC

8 Best Lawyers awards

Davis, Malm & D'Agostine PC logo

Locations

Education

  • Harvard University, B.A.
  • Stanford University, J.D.

Bar Admissions

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

Affiliations

  • International Lawyers Network - Member
  • Women’s Bar Association - Member
  • Boston Bar Association - Member

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Insurance Law
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers in America©, 2024, 2026 (included in Insurance Law, Boston)

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