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Rex D. Smith

Rex D. Smith

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Office Location:
Atlanta , Savannah

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Overview
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Rex D. Smith was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1976. In his 40 years of active practice, he tried over 100 cases and had a strong trial and appellate practice. Mr. Smith has handled over 2,750 mediations/arbitrations. He has been selected by his peers to “Best Lawyers in America”, “Georgia Super Lawyers” and holds the AV® Preeminent rating, the highest possible Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating. Rex has extensive experience in personal injury, construction, products liability, wrongful death, professional negligence, medical malpractice, aviation, nursing home litigation, and premises liability law.

Admitted To Practice

  • Georgia (1976)
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 11th and 5th Circuit Courts

Education

  • University of Georgia, J.D., Cum Laude, The Order of the Barristers, Moot Court Board, Student Senate
  • Georgia State University, B.B.A. Economics; President, The Forum

Professional or Trade Affiliations

  • Selected as a Fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators
  • Charter member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
  • Executive Board Member, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
  • State Bar of Georgia
  • Atlanta Bar Association; Chairman, Dispute Resolution Section (2014)
  • Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (Former member)
  • Association for Conflict Resolution

Honors & Awards

  • Daily Report’s Georgia Legal Award 2020: Lifetime Achievement
  • The American Registry’s America’s Most Honored Lawyers, 2020
  • AV Preeminent Judicial Rating, the highest possible Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating
  • Selected by his peers to be included in The Best Lawyer’s in America in the areas of arbitration, insurance law and mediation
  • Selected as “One of the Top Lawyers in Georgia” by the American Registry
  • Honored as a Georgia Super Lawyer
  • Selected as a Georgia Super Corporate Counsel in ADR
  • Excellent Avvo Rating
  • Selected as a Top Lawyer in Georgia in Traumatic Brain Injury defense

 

 

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Community Involvement
  • Member Mount Pisgah Methodist Church Church (1988 to present)