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Biography
For more than 35 years, Mr. Smalley has devoted his legal career to advocating on behalf of victims of corporate or professional negligence. He has secured for his clients scores of seven-figure recoveries through his combination of intellect, perceptiveness and warmth.
As a young man, Mr. Smalley cut hair in his father’s West Philadelphia barber shop where he met William H. Hastie, the first African American to become Chief Judge of a Federal Court of Appeals in the United States. It was then that Chief Judge Hastie planted the seed, along with Ronald Davenport, later Dean of Duquesne Law School, Pat Swygert later of Temple Law School and President of Howard University and Judge Harvey N. Schmidt, to launch a career of serving his community by being an attorney.
Later, as a Deputy Court Administrator in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Bernie was privileged to work for and be influenced by Judge Stanley M. Greenberg. It was while working for Judge Greenberg that Bernie saw for the first time the work of a true trial lawyer fighting for his client, Arthur G. Raynes.
A well-recognized and accomplished trial attorney, Mr. Smalley is a Fellow of the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has been selected as a Philadelphia “Super Lawyer” every year since 2004. He frequently lectures on trial techniques before national, state and local trial lawyer and bar associations.
Mr. Smalley served as president of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and received its Justice Musmanno Award. Mr. Smalley has received also the President’s Award from The Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia, the Soaring Eagle Award from the Minority Caucus of the American Association of Justice (formerly ATLA) and the Pursuit of Justice Award from the American Bar Association, as well as the 2008 Justice Thurgood Marshall Award of Excellence.
He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Associations’ House of Delegates, National Bar Association and the Barristers’ Association. Smalley sat as Chair of Hearing Committee 1.14 for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board and was a standing member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Evidence Committee. In 2014, Smalley received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Philadelphia Legal Intelligencer.
He was elected by the Judges of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to the Board of Directors of City Trusts. He is currently Vice President of the Board and serves as the Chair of the Girard College Committee. He also serves on the Board for the Ellis Trust and the Chairman’s Council of the Mann Center for the Performing Arts.
Smalley received his bachelor’s degree from Temple University in 1971 and his law degree from Widener University School of Law in 1980. He and his wife, Jacquelyn, live in West Philadelphia where they both grew up.
Practice Areas
2
Practice Areas
Defective and Dangerous Products
50%
Medical Malpractice
50%
Fees and Rates
Awards
Licenses
Licensed in Pennsylvania for 44 years
State: Pennsylvania
Acquired: 1981
No misconduct found
Location
Gallery
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Experience
Honors
2025
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2024
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2023
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2022
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2021
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2018
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2018
AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2018
Top 100: 2018 Philadelphia Super Lawyers, SuperLawyers
2018
Top 100: 2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, SuperLawyers
2017
Top 100: 2017 Philadelphia Super Lawyers, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2017
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2017
AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2016
Most Influential African American, Philadelphia Tribune
2016
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2015
Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2014
Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2014
Lifetime Achievement Award, The Legal Intelligencer
2013
Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2012
Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2011
Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2011
Cecil B. Moore Award, NAACP Philadelphia Chapter
2010
Justice Michael A Musmanno Award, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
2010
Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2009
Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2008
Award of Excellence, The Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Inc.
2008
Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2007
Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2006
Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2005
Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2004
Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2002
Pursuit of Justice Award, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association
2002
50 Most Influential Minority Attorneys in Philadelphia, The Legal Intelligencer
2002
Trailblazer Award, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Minority Caucus
1996
President's Award, Barrister's Association of Philadelphia
N/A
Legion of Honor Award, Chapel of Four Chaplains
Work Experience
2016 - Present
Partner, Raynes Lawn Hehmeyer
Associations
2009 - Present
United States Supreme Court BarMember
2004 - Present
American College of Trial LawyersFellow
2003 - Present
International Academy of Trial LawyersFellow
1998 - Present
Justinian SocietyMember
1990 - Present
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers AssociationBoard of Governors
1981 - Present
Pennsylvania Bar AssociationMember
1999 - 1999
Barrister's Association of PhiladelphiaExecutive Committee
1996 - 1996
Philadelphia Trial Lawyers AssociationPresident
Education
1980
Widener University School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1971
Temple University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2009
Widener University School of Law
Lecture, Widener University School of Law
2008
American Trial Lawyer's Association of New Jersey
Speaker, Boardwalk Seminars
2005
Lecture, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Litigation for Social Change
2001
Lecturer, Harvard Law School
Civil Practice Options, Complex Litigation
1995
New York Trial Lawyers, Annual Convention
Speaker, Annual Convention
1995
Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Convention
Speaker, Annual Convention
Publications
2009
The Legal Intelligencer
Achieving Diversity in the Profession: A Work in Progress
Languages
English