A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Ms. Smith attended Vanderbilt graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1985. After a number of years working in the U.S. and abroad, and 10 years dedicated to raising her children at home, Ms. Smith pursued a lifelong dream, and attended law school as an Atlanta Law Fellow at Emory University School of Law. She graduated and was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 2006.
Ms. Smith worked as an associate with two local law firms and started her current solo practice, Loretta Smith Law, in 2009. She remains of counsel to FoxWeiss, PC, an employment law firm, and mediates for the Fulton County Landlord Tenant Project.
Though her office is in the heart of Powder Springs, Ms. Smith has practiced in Cobb, Paulding, Douglas, Fulton, Carroll, Dekalb, Bartow, Cherokee, Walker, Forsyth, Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Laurens, Baldwin, Clarke, Barrow, Liberty, Telfair, Greene, Polk and Oconee County courts and in a number of municipal courts in Georgia. She is admitted to practice in all Magistrate, State and Superior Courts in Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She also has been admitted pro hac vice to Federal and local courts in other states. She is a registered mediator with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution. She enjoys advising military service members or spouses about domestic law.
Ms. Smith is a member of the Cobb Bar Association, is a volunteer lawyer with the Cobb Justice Foundation (Atlanta Legal Aid), and is on the Guardian Ad Litem roster for Cobb County.
Ms. Smith attends WestRidge Church and volunteers in the special needs ministry there. She also serves as a member of the Development Authority of Powder Springs. In her “spare time”, she enjoys reading, music, travel, walking and spending time with her children and friends.