Ralph R. Smith 3rd
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 200
1940 Route 70 East
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
USA

Phone: +1 856 874 4215
Fax: +1 856 874 4375
Email: rsmith@duanemorris.com

Ralph R. Smith 3rd practices in the area of employment litigation and preventive employment practices, which includes counseling employers on the creation of employment policies and employer training to avoid employment-related litigation. Along with his labor and employment law practice, he also represents both companies and individuals in other kinds of related complex commercial litigation.

During his career, Mr. Smith has represented clients before federal and state courts and administrative agencies in a broad array of labor and employment cases, including inter alia, race, gender, age, national origin, disability and workplace harassment and discrimination matters, wage-and-hour disputes, restrictive covenants, grievances, arbitrations, drug testing and other employment-related contract issues.

Mr. Smith is a frequent lecturer on labor and employment-related topics and formerly served as an adjunct professor at Widener University Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Smith is a 1989 cum laude graduate of Temple University School of Law and a magna cum laude graduate of Temple University. Upon graduation from law school, he served for two years as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Jerome B. Simandle of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Areas of Practice

• Employment Law and Management Labor Relations
• Arbitration

Professional Activities

• New Jersey Bar Association
• New Jersey Federal Bar Association
• Camden County Bar Association
• Camden County Inns of Court
• Society for Human Resource Management
• Widener University Graduate School of Business
  - Adjunct Professor

Admissions

• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania

Education

• Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1989
• Temple University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1986

Selected Publications

• Co-author, "New Jersey Appellate Court Provides Guidance on How Company Email Policies Should Be Crafted," Duane Morris Alert, September 21, 2009
• Author, "September 11th and Its Effect on the Workplace," Society for Human Resource Management Newsletter
• Author, "Supreme Court Weighs in on FMLA," Society for Human Resource Management Newsletter
• Author, "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act," Society for Human Resource Management Newsletter
• Author, "United States Supreme Court Weighs in on FMLA Notice Requirements," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
• Author, "Blowing in the Wind - The Future of New Jersey's Non-Compete Law" and "The Dos and Don'ts of Interviewing," New Jersey Collegiate Press Association publication

Selected Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, "Employment Background Check Policies: What's Legal, What's Not," National Constitution Center Webinar, September 6, 2011
• Speaker, "Preventing Retaliation Claims: Cat’s Paw, Title VII & Third-Party Protection," National Constitution Center Webinar, August 10, 2011
• Speaker, Webinar on employee documentation issues, Progressive Business Seminars, May 12, 2011
• Speaker, "Employment Law Update-Contemporary Challenges in a Changing Workplace," Sterling Education Services Seminar, Wilmington, Delaware, May 3, 2011
• Speaker, "Employment Law Best Practices," Sterling Education Services Seminar, New Brunswick, New Jersey, April 28, 2011
• Speaker, "Dealing with Employees Who Have Been Charged with a Crime," Lorman Education Services teleconference, December 14, 2009
• Speaker, "Conducting Background Checks," Lorman Education Services teleconference, October 22, 2009