Mr. Smith’s practice focuses on litigation and corporate compliance. He has represented individual and corporate clients in a wide range of civil and criminal matters throughout the United States. Mr. Smith also has extensive experience conducting internal corporate investigations, including international investigations in Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America. Prior to joining Maynard Cooper, Mr. Smith served as a law clerk to Judge Gerald Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and spent several years in private practice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Washington & Lee University and the University of Alabama School of Law, where he was the Editor in Chief of the Alabama Law Review.