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Dec. 26, 2025

Andrew O. Smith brings calm, experience to full-time mediation

The longtime civil litigator joined the ARC roster in 2024. He said he believes he has a "natural propensity to bring people together."

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Andrew O. Smith brings calm, experience to full-time mediation

Career Highlights: Andrew Smith handles a diverse range of matters including personal injury, medical malpractice, bad faith, products liability, and premises liability. During his litigation career, he represented Fortune 500 companies, governmental agencies, small businesses and individuals on both the plaintiff and defense sides.

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Mediator Andrew O. Smith has never been a big fan of conflict.

"It would be hard to be a mediator without having been a litigator," said Smith, who spent more than two decades representing clients as an attorney. "But my natural propensity is to bring people together."

A 2001 Pepperdine University School of Law graduate, Smith spent a little time working in criminal defense right after he passed the bar but the bulk of his career as an atto... (continued)

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