Lillian V. Smith represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex civil litigation and has substantial experience trying high-stakes matters for clients in both federal and state courts. Before joining the firm in 2017, Ms. Smith served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She graduated summa cum laude from Brooklyn Law School, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Brooklyn Law Review. She earned her undergraduate degree with High Distinction from the University of Virginia.
Publications
Note, Recreating the “Ritual Carving”: Why Congress Should Fund Independent Redistricting Commissions and End Partisan Gerrymandering, 80 Brook. L. Rev. 1641 (2015)
Education
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., summa cum laude, 2016
- Editor-in-Chief, Brooklyn Law Review
University of Virginia, B.A., with High Distinction, 2008
Clerkship
Law Clerk, Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2016-2017