For more than fourteen years, Michael Ray Smith was in-house counsel for Eli Lilly and Company. While in Lilly’s law division, Mike worked in the environmental legal department, in the office of the corporate secretary, and, for the last ten years, in the commercial transactions group. While in commercial transactions, Mike supported the Company’s global sourcing operations, writing and negotiating contracts for all manner of goods and services, including a $1.3 billion energy management outsourcing transaction. Mike retired from Lilly in 2008 and opened a private practice in Fishers, Indiana, first known as Michael Smith Law Office, LLC, and then as Smith Rayl Law Office, LLC.  In 2018, Mike and his partner joined with other attorneys to form Hand Ponist Smith & Rayl, LLC, in Indianapolis.  Mike practices primarily business law, with a focus on limited liability companies and nonprofit organizations.