Houston Smith graduated from Duke University and then from the University of Georgia School of Law. He practiced insurance defense law for eight years before switching gears to represent victims of catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death caused by car accidents, truck accidents and other personal injury claims. Mr. Smith has extensive experience with accidents and injuries caused by drunk driving and texting while driving.
In addition to authoring Soft Tissue Injuries In Georgia (Thomson/West 2010), Houston has contributed articles as co-author to the plaintiffs’ bar including “Representing David Against Goliath“, chairs and speaks at 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). Mr. Smith is the chairman of a recurring seminar which teaches other personal injury lawyers how to litigate car accident cases.
Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Tractor-Trailer Liability; Auto Collisions; Drunk Driving and Texting while Driving Injury Claims; Insurance Disputes.
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 Preeminent Lawyers 2009, 2010.
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, 2001-2003; 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, 1998-2010; 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, 1999-2008.
