Media Mentions
2011
“Redskins Owner Dan Snyder Drops Libel Suit Against Newspaper”
Daily Business Review, September 14, 2011
Richard Smith and Jacqueline Chaffee again were listed as members of Mr. Snyder’s legal team in litigation regarding his defamation dispute with a Washington newspaper.
Jacqueline Browder Chaffee, Richard W. Smith, Trial
“Dan Snyder Drops Libel Lawsuit Against Washington City Paper”
Blog of Legal Times, September 12, 2011
Richard Smith and Jacqueline Chaffee were noted as members of the legal team representing the owner of the Washington Redskins in litigation related to a defamation lawsuit that has now been dropped.
Jacqueline Browder Chaffee, Richard W. Smith, Trial
“D.C. Seeks to Defend Anti-SLAPP Law in Libel Suit”
Law360, September 1, 2011
Richard Smith and Jacqueline Browder Chaffee were noted as co-counsel for the owner of the Washington Redskins in a court filing that calls the District of Columbia’s law barring “strategic lawsuits against public participation” (SLAPPs) unconstitutional because the DC Council did not have authority to enact it.
Jacqueline Browder Chaffee, Richard W. Smith, Trial
“D.C. Files to Defend Anti-SLAPP Law in Dan Snyder Libel Suit”
Blog of Legal Times, August 31, 2011
Richard Smith and Jacqueline Browder Chaffee were identified as co-counsel for the owner of the Washington Redskins in litigation to invalidate the District of Columbia’s law barring “strategic lawsuits against public participation” related to claims of protected speech.
Jacqueline Browder Chaffee, Richard W. Smith, Trial
“NFL Team Owner Attacks Anti-SLAPP Law in Libel Suit”
Law360, August 3, 2011
Richard Smith and Jacqueline Browder Chaffee were noted as co-counsel to the owner of the Washington Redskins in seeking to declare unconstitutional a Washington, D.C. law that bars litigation seeking to deter people from participating in public debate. A Washington newspaper is using the law to defend against a separate libel suit by the team owner.
Jacqueline Browder Chaffee, Richard W. Smith, Trial
“Around the Horn”
AmLaw Daily, May 6, 2011
Richard Smith was added, as noted in this roundup of sports-related litigation, as local Washington, D.C. counsel to Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder in his D.C. Superior Court libel suit against the Washington City Paper.
2006
Michael Anthony, Bobby Burchfield, Gordon Greenberg, Christopher Jedrey, Ray Lupo, Terry McMahon, Michael Pope, Richard Smith and Jeffrey Stone will be recognized in the fall edition of Lawdragon magazine on its annual survey of the top 500 lawyers in the United States, the Lawdragon 500.
Michael F. Anthony, Bobby R. Burchfield, Gordon A. Greenberg, Christopher M. Jedrey, Raphael V. Lupo, Terrence P. McMahon, Michael A. Pope PC, Richard W. Smith, Jeffrey E. Stone, Corporate, Health, Intellectual Property, Trial
2005
McDermott, led by Richard Smith, filed an amicus brief in support of the respondent in Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Gonzales. Numerous publications reported the case on June 28, including Legal Times, which quoted Mr. Smith. "The decision is an open invitation to states to stand up and really take domestic violence seriously, and not force victims to rely on the federal Constitution to protect them." USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle and WashingtonPost.com reported on the case, quoting Mr. Smith: "The second tragedy in this case could very well be that victims of domestic violence will read this opinion to mean that protection orders are not worth the paper they're printed on, and that impression would be false." He also participated in an online debate on www.ScotusBlog.com.
Richard W. Smith, Pro Bono & Community Service, Trial
Richard Smith was quoted in the March 19 online edition of Newsweek ("A Matter of Restraint") about the constitutional due process ramifications of police failures to enforce domestic violence restraining orders. In the first domestic violence case ever heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, McDermott filed an amicus brief on behalf of a number of law enforcement associations in support of the plaintiff in Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Gonzales. The amicus brief supports Jessica Gonzales's argument that the local police violated her constitutional rights in ignoring her request to enforce her restraining order against her estranged husband. In the Newsweek article, Mr. Smith reiterated the police organizations' collective position on the matter: "It's simply not the way we expect police to behave."
