John Allan Smalley

John Allan Smalley

Dyer, Garofalo, Mann & Schultz L.P.A. | Law Offices of John Allan Smalley β€’ Dayton, OH
Medical MalpracticeBusiness LitigationClass ActionsInsurancePersonal Injury

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Contact

Email
Phone
(937) 900-0687
Address
131 North Ludlow Street, Dayton, OH, 45402-1110, US

Professional

About

Attorney John A. Smalley joined Dyer Garofalo as a partner in 1995. Before that time, he was a partner in another Dayton, Ohio law firm doing insurance defense work. Over the past twenty five years, Attorney Smalley has had a tremendous amount of jury trial experience. He has tried over 400 jury trials in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Texas and South Dakota. He has tried cases involving personal injury, catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, construction accidents, property damage-fire loss, insurance bad faith, multiple types of business litigation and federal trademark infringement. Attorney Smalley obtained many million and multi-million dollar verdicts including million dollar verdicts in an insurance bad faith case reported in National Law Journal, an elevator drop, personal injury case, multiple catastrophic injury cases arising from motor vehicle accidents and multiple class actions. Attorney Smalley has been recognized many times in the recent past. He was nominated by Public Justice in 2007 as National Lawyer of the Year for a $53,000,000 verdict against the State of Ohio in a class action suit on behalf of Ohio Workers. He is honored to be an A-rated lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell. He has been listed as an Ohio Super Lawyer and Top Ohio Attorney from 2007 through 2011. Attorney Smalley has served on the Ohio Association of Justice Board of Trustees, has been recognized as one of the top 100 lawyers in Ohio by the National Trial Lawyers Association, serves frequently as a hired expert witness in the area of insurance bad faith and has spoken to dozens of groups and organizations on topics of tort law, insurance bad faith, trial practice and evidence.

About Medical Malpractice Law

Medical malpractice attorneys represent patients harmed by healthcare provider negligence. They fight for compensation for injuries caused by medical errors. Common matters include surgical errors, misdiagnosis, birth injuries, medication errors.

Credentials

Education
1985 University of Dayton JD - Juris Doctor 1981 University of Kentucky Bachelors 1981 University of Kentucky BA
Languages
English

Recognition & Involvement

Awards
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
Associations
1997 - Present National Trial Lawyers Association 1995 - Present Ohio Association for Justice 1987 - Present Defense Research Institute 1985 - Present Dayton Bar Association 1985 - Present American Bar Association
Speaking
1999 Ohio Evidence Workshop Evidence 1999 Ohio Auto Insurance and Accident Litigation Conference Ohio Auto Insurance and Accident Litigation 1999 Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers Spring Conference Insurance Bad Faith 1999 OATL Fall Conference Insurance Bad Faith 1998 National Business Institute Conference Insurance Bad Faith
Updated: Mar 08, 2026