Bruce Smith is a partner with Woods & Aitken and has practiced with the firm since January 1999. His practice encompasses all phases of litigation, arbitration and mediation with the vast majority of his time spent on construction and insurance law and the remainder of his time divided between other civil, commercial and personal injury litigation.

In the area of construction law, in addition to representing clients in litigation, arbitration and mediation, Bruce routinely represents owners, architects and engineers, general contractors and subcontractors in contract negotiations, contract review, and the development of standard form contracts and advises these clients regarding contractual transfer of risk . In the insurance law arena, Bruce focuses on obtaining insurance settlements for individuals and businesses.

Bruce is frequently involved with in-house presentations to individual construction clients and construction-related organizations on such topics as design liability, payment and performance bonds, lien liability, job site project management, insurance coverage for defective workmanship, critical contract provisions, indemnification agreements, additional insured agreements and coverages and exposure to mold liability. Bruce has also presented some of these topics at CLE seminars for Lorman as well as the Nebraska State Bar Association.

Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Personal Injury and Products Liability

Bar Admissions
Nebraska

Affiliations
American Bar Association - Forum on the Construction Industry
Nebraska Bar Association
Lincoln Bar Association
Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association

Education
University of Nebraska, B.A.
University of Nebraska College of Law, J.D. (with distinction) – Allen Moot Court Board, earned Allen Moot Court Best First Year Brief and AmJur Award in Contracts