Morgan M. Smith, Esq.
As trusted legal counsel, Morgan has worked with a variety of enterprises, entrepreneurs, and investors. He has counseled both established and emerging companies in various industries such as consumer-packaged goods, food & beverage, green technology, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, hospitality, education, 3D printing, entertainment, and fashion.
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Morgan focuses on corporate & business law, commercial & tech transactions law, securities law, intellectual property, & business litigation. He regularly assists businesses with issues including structure, governance, board management, financing, benefits and employment, intellectual property, and exits.
About
Morgan Smith has built out his law firm by advising entrepreneurs, startups, emerging growth companies, and more traditional businesses from inception to expansion of their operations to financing to exit strategy. He also regularly advises angel investors, venture capital investors, and investors searching for more traditional investments in business or private equity. Morgan advises clients on a wide variety of corporate matters, including venture and growth equity financings, sell and buy-side merger and acquisition transactions, entity formations, debt financings and corporate governance matters, and has assisted clients with SEC compliance and reporting obligations. He also advises emerging growth companies and traditional businesses on employment & labor issues, regulatory compliance, commercial transactions, and IP issues.
In addition, Morgan advises businesses, startups, and investors on business and commercial litigation from business torts, breach of contract, M&A disputes, fiduciary duties, and shareholder disputes.
Prior to founding his own firm, Morgan was a Law Clerk at both the Ohio County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and the United States Attorney’s Office. He received his Juris Doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh Law School where he served on the Journal of Law & Commerce, participated in the PA Trial Association, and secured the highest grades in multiple classes, such as Commercial Transactions and Secured Transactions.
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Publications:
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Morgan M. Smith, Rule 202: An Alternative for Shareholders in Texas Business Disputes?, Bus. L. Today (June 30, 2025), https://businesslawtoday.org/2025/06/rule-202-alternative-for-shareholders-texas-business-disputes/.
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Admissions: Texas, West Virginia, New York
Representative Transactions
Venture Capital & Mergers & Acquisitions
- Represented Companies and Investors in both equity and debt financings
- Represented Companies on sell-side M&A
- Represented Companies in IP licensing deals
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Recent Specific M&A Transactions:
- Lead Outside Counsel in a financial technology infrastructure company's strategic sale of certain assets
- Lead Outside Counsel in negotiation of sale of environmental consulting firm
- Lead Outside Counsel in negotiation of sale of Web3 company
Representative Litigation Matters
​Business, Commercial & Shareholder Disputes​
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Represented former members of a boutique investment advisory and venture firm in litigation involving alleged contract breaches, fiduciary misconduct, and earn-out disputes across multiple M&A transactions.
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Defended an emerging hospitality startup in a pre-litigation dispute with a terminated contractor over consulting and equity-grant agreements, asserting counterclaims for trade-secret and solicitation violations.
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Advised a hospitality technology company in investigating a former consultant’s demands for unpaid fees and stock, coordinating a cease-and-desist after uncovering attempted employee solicitation and data access.
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Defended a hospitality technology company and its board in shareholder litigation challenging a Delaware reverse stock split and related charter amendments.
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Represented a Web3 company in a co-founder separation and confidentiality-breach dispute, developing governance protections for proprietary code and enforcing confidentiality covenants.
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Acted for a Web3 development company in a cross-jurisdictional dispute over blockchain collaboration and grant agreements, advising on IP ownership, token compensation.
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Represented multiple investors seeking rescission of convertible-security investments after material capitalization changes, advising on securities-law remedies and recovery strategies.
Estate & Trust Litigatin
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Represented a beneficiary in complex estate and trust litigation involving fiduciary misconduct and asset mismanagement.
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Represented four family beneficiaries in coordinated estate litigation alleging fiduciary breaches, failure to account, and misappropriation of trust and estate assets.
