Smith

Denver is a member of Butler Snow’s Tort, Transportation and Specialized Litigation group.  With a background in artificial intelligence studies and private sector security, Denver enjoys using the analytical skills he has learned to help clients achieve their legal, professional, and business development goals. Denver strives to bring innovation into the legal community by challenging outdated principles that unreasonably inhibit client success.

• Tort, Transportation & Specialized Litigation
• Labor & Employment
• Commercial Litigation

• Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
  • 2025 Pathfinder Program
• John Phillips Sousa Award

• South Carolina, 2021
• U.S. District Courts
• South Carolina: District of South Carolina

• University of South Carolina, J.D., cum laude, 2021
  • Joe McNulty Memorial Scholarship Recipient
  • School of Law Scholarship Recipient
  • Judicial Extern for Justice Kaye Hearn of the South Carolina Supreme Court
  • Cali Award Employment Discrimination
• Coastal Carolina University, B.A., Intelligence and National Security Studies, cum laude, 2018
  • Academic Minors: Geographic Information Systems and Philosophy
  • Life Scholarship Recipient
  • Jackson Scholar
  • The Edgar Dyer Institute for Leadership and Public Policy
  • Coastal Carolina Music Scholarship Award
  • Student Government Senator for Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts 

• Defense Research Institute (DRI)
  • DRI Young Lawyers
    • Steering Committee
      • Substantive Law Liaison Committee
        • Chair, 2024-2025
      • Recruiting Committee
        • Co-Chair, 2023-2024
        • Vice-Chair, 2022-2023
• Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce
  • Charleston Young Professionals
• Palmetto Society for Human Resource Management
  • Board of Directors
• South Carolina Bar
  • Young Lawyers Division
    • Professional Development Committee
      • Member

• Presenter, "AI Discrimination: Understanding and Avoiding Discriminatory Hiring Practices," Palmetto Society for Human Resource Management, July 16, 2024.
• Speaker, "Discovery Jeopardy," DRI 2024 Young Lawyers Seminar, June 13, 2024.
• Interviewed, "Young Lawyers: Raising the Bar, Member Spotlight - Denver Smith," The Brief Case: DRI Committee News, Volume 3 Issue 4, April 2024.
• Co-Author, "The Impacts of ChatGPT on Corporate Litigation," 2024 Litigation Update: Navigating Emerging Trends and Technology, March 2024.
• Author, "A Higher Bar For Surviving Summary Judgement In SC Courts," Law360, September 13, 2023.
• Presenter, "Creating and Updating Alcohol, Drug, and Marijuana Policies," National Business Institute, How to Bring South Carolina Employee Handbooks Into Compliance, May 8, 2023.
• Co-Author, "High Court Pa. Could End Personal Jurisdiction Divide", Law360, November 11, 2022.
• Author, "Establishing Bad Faith In Removal Claims," Law360, October 7, 2022.
• Co-Author, "Self-Evaluative Privilege May Protect Internal Investigations," Law360, February 22, 2022.
• Co-Author, "A New Line of Defense," ACC South Carolina, 4th Quarter Newsletter, December 17, 2021.
• Co-Author, “Medical Marijuana in the Workplace,” SC Lawyer, January 2020. 
• Panelist, “How to Navigate Your First Year Clerkship,” University of South Carolina School of Law, October 2019. 
• Panelist, “Medical Marijuana and ADA Compliance” Columbia, SC, July 2019. 
• Co-Author, “EEO-1 Pay Data Deadline Reinstated,” JD Supra, July 2019. 
• Speaker, “The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Warfare,” Ethics Talk by the Jackson Family Center for Ethics and Values, Conway, SC, May 2017. 
• Appearance, “The Inspectors,” Dillon Morgan (Writer), CBS, October 2016. 
• Appearance, “The Death of Eva Sophia Valdez,” Charise Castro Smith (Writer), ABC, March 2016. 
• Appearance, “Ivy League Farmer,” Thomas Webber (Director/Writer), Diamond V, March 2015.