Houston Smith graduated from Duke University and then from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1991. After representing insurance companies and their clients for eight years he switched to the “other side of the fence” to represent those who suffered serious and catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death in trucking accidents and other motor vehicle collisions. Mr. Smith is peer-review rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating available.
In addition to authoring Soft Tissue Injuries In Georgia (Harrison Co. 1998; Thompson West 2007), Houston has contributed articles as co-author to the plaintiffs’ bar including “Representing David Against Goliath“. Mr. Smith chairs a yearly seminar for lawyers which teaches how to try a personal injury case and speaks at other seminars for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) and the National Business Institute (NBI), and is a contributing member of the Legal Advisory Board to the Journal of Controversial Medical Claims (Aspen Publishers).
Practice Areas: Tractor-trailer truck Accident Liability; Personal Injury; Automobile Accident Liability; Wrongful Death.
Admitted: 1991: Georgia; Georgia Court of Appeals; Georgia Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Member: State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA); Bar Register of AV Preeminent Lawyers.
Biography: Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law (Editorial Board, 1990; 1991 Articles Editor); Member, Georgia Society of International & Comparative Law (UGA Law, 1989-1991); Legal Advisory Board: Hippocrates Lantern, Aspen Publishers 1998-2001; Journal of Controversial Medical Claims, 2001-2010; Speaker and Evaluator, ICLE Georgia Trial Skills Clinic, 2002; Judge, Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition, 1996-2003.
Author: Soft Tissue Injuries in Georgia, Thompson West Publishing, 1998-2008; Co-Author, “Representing David Against Goliath,” Verdict, Summer 2000.
Seminars: Chairman and Speaker, “Inside the Courtroom,” ICLE Seminar, 1997-2010; “Punitive Damages,” ICLE Seminar, 1998-2008; “Role of Depositions and Discovery,” NBI Seminar, 2000; Chairman and Speaker, “Proof of Damages,” ICLE Seminar, 1999-2007.
Direct Line: 770-414-5394
Main Line: 888-315-8840 or 404-315-8840
Fax: 770-414-8098
Email: smith@linksmithpc.com
