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Professional Experience
T. Kent Smith is a member of the firm’s construction law practice group. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the Sixth Judicial District and was a Division Chief within the prosecutor’s office, where he tried over 120 cases to juries. He joined the firm in 2008.

Practice Areas

• Construction law
• General civil litigation
• Personal injury defense
• Insurance defense
• Commercial litigation

Court Admissions

• Arkansas state courts
• U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas

Professional Associations

• American Bar Association member
• Arkansas Bar Association member
• Pulaski County Bar Association member
• Defense Research Institute member
• Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel member

Community Involvement

• While in law school, Smith co-founded a community outreach league, which won the J. C. Penney Golden Rule Award.

Presentations and Thought Leadership

• CLE program focused on Commercial General Liability Policy (CGL) changes and how specifically those changes impact construction companies.

Noteworthy

• Awarded the Silver Key for distinguished service to the American Bar Association.
• One of only three law students in the nation to sit as a voting member in the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates.
• Worked as lobbyist for the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division, successfully lobbying for the historic right to argue the issue of in-school interest exemptions on student loans directly to the United States Congress.

Education

• J.D., University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, 1997
• B.A. in Political Science, Ouachita Baptist University, 1990