Kevin G. Smith

"Attorney Kevin Smith went above and beyond what I expected.  He was extremely professional and comforting, always keeping me informed.  It was clear he cared about the outcome of my case."

- Former Client

Kevin G. Smith, Partner

Professional Biography:

Attorney Kevin G. Smith has represented clients in wrongful death matters, fall downs, accidents involving cars, trucks, bicycles and pedestrians, nursing home negligence, sexual abuse lawsuits, and insurance coverage disputes.  He has extensive experience in all phases of litigation and has tried several cases to both jury and bench verdicts.  He joined Faulkner & Graves as an associate attorney in June 2015 and was elevated to partner in January 2021.

Attorney Smith has been able to secure significant settlements in various types of cases: $1.3 million dollars settlement for a client who was struck by a car as a pedestrian in Norwich; $960,000 settlement for a client who lost the use of his right eye after a shard of metal shot into his eye while helping to dislodge a hitch from a truck at an auto body shop in East Lyme; $500,000+ settlement for a client who fell in an assisted living / nursing facility causing multiple neck fractures; $350,000 settlement for a client who was attacked by a dog in Pomfret causing a left arm laceration with severe muscular injury; $317,000 for a client who fell down an exterior stairway located at a home she rented in New London and fractured her leg; $300,000 for emotional injuries suffered by two clients after an intoxicated driver plowed his pick-up truck into their home in Preston; and $125,000 for a client who fractured her ankle after a fall on an icy sidewalk at the Gales Ferry Post Office.

Every year from 2016 – 2024, Smith has been named by Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star," which is a distinction only awarded to lawyers falling within the top 2.5% of "up-and-coming" attorneys in Connecticut.  In 2021 and 2022, he was also listed by Best Lawyers as "Ones to Watch" for the field of Personal Injury Litigation.

Smith attended Providence College where he received a B.A. degree in 2007.  He then attended Syracuse University College of Law achieving significant academic success, becoming a member of the prestigious Order of the Coif and serving as the Notes and Comments Editor of the Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce.  He graduated magna cum laude from law school – top 8% of his class. 

After law school, Kevin served as a Legal Research Law Clerk to the Judges of the Connecticut Superior Court.  After completing his clerkship, he worked at a well-respected Connecticut law firm before joining Faulkner & Graves.  

He is a proud supporter of the United Way of Southeastern Connecticut.  He is also an active member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, an organization dedicated to the rights of injured persons.  

Kevin grew up in Guilford.  He resides in East Lyme with his wife, son and two daughters.  

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Notable Decisions:

Carrico v. Mill Rock Leasing, LLC, 199 Conn. App. 252, 235 A.3d 626 (2020).

Billing v. MSTC, Inc., Superior Court, judicial district of New London, Docket No. CV-20-6047317-S (July 30, 2021, Knox, J.) (71 Conn. L. Rptr. 161).

Choezin, Administrator of the Estate of Lobsang Dolma v. Boston Culinary Group, Inc., Superior Court, judicial district of New London, Docket No. CV-17-6030910-S (July 9, 2019, Calmar, J.) (68 Conn. L. Rptr. 825).

Szydlo v. United States, United States District Court, No. 3:16-CV-0127 (VLB), 2017 WL 125016 (D. Conn. Jan. 12, 2017).