Clark Hill Attorney Scott G. Smith Speaks at Michigan Municipal League Eminent Domain Strategy Conference on April 3

March 30, 2007-

GRAND RAPIDS, MI –Attorney Scott G. Smith will serve as one of seven panelists at the Michigan Municipal League’s “Eminent Domain: A Strategy Conference” on April 3, 2007 at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing. The panel will examine what should be done in response to the 2006 passage of the eminent domain constitutional amendment and related legislation. The seminar begins at 10:00 a.m. and will conclude by 3:00 p.m.

Scott Smith is the leader of Clark Hill PLC’s Municipal Group, has been practicing law for more than 25 years, and concentrates his practice in the areas of municipal law, municipal finance law, real estate law, environmental law, and condemnation law.

Smith serves as general legal counsel for the communities of Allegan, Cedar Springs, Grand Haven, Otsego, Plainwell, South Haven, and Sparta, and as special legal counsel for Grand Rapids and a number of other communities.

Smith has extensive experience in all aspects of municipalities and municipal endeavors, representing cities, townships, villages, counties, and myriad authorities and intergovernmental entities, such as brownfield redevelopment authorities, downtown development authorities, tax increment finance authorities, economic development corporations, utility boards, joint fire and other emergency services boards, parks boards, planning commissions, zoning and construction boards of appeals, and other municipal bodies and entities. He has spoken at numerous conferences and seminars on such topics as property acquisition and condemnation, environmental considerations in municipal property transactions, blight enforcement, open meetings and freedom of information issues, zoning, planning and land use, relationships between municipalities and non-profit entities, intergovernmental contracts, annexation and act 425 agreements, and the redevelopment of blighted and contaminated property. In addition, he is the co-author of “Understanding Township Franchises & Right-of-Way Consents,” Michigan Township News, June, 2003.

Smith earned his B.A. from Wheaton College and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.