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Melissa Richards Smith
303 South Washington Avenue
Marshall, Texas 75670
Phone: (903) 934-8450
Facsimile: (903) 934-9257
E-mail: Melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
ATTORNEY
Partner, GILLAM & SMITH, L.L.P.
EDUCATION
J.D., Baylor School of Law, Waco, Texas
B.J., University of Texas at Austin
LEGAL LICENSES
The State Bar of Texas – State Bar No. 24001351
The United States District Court of the Eastern District of Texas
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
The Supreme Court of The United States
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND HONORS
T. John Ward American Inn of Court
American Board of Trial Advocates
Multi - Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Marshall Texas Hometown Best Attorney 2006
Named 2007 Rising Star by Texas Monthly Magazine
F. Scott Baldwin Award for "Most Outstanding Young Trial Lawyer," 2007
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
 TTLA Advocates, Board of Directors, 2000-2004
Northeast Texas Trial Lawyers Association
President, 2002-2003
President-Elect, 2001-2002
American Association for Justice (formerly “ATLA”)
Executive Committee, 2005-2006
Board of Governors, 2005-2007
Chair, Membership Oversight Committee 2006-2008
Women Trial Lawyers Caucus
- Chair Elect 2008-2009
- Second Vice Chair 2006-2007
- Secretary 2005-2006
New Lawyers Division
- Chair 2004-2005
- Chair-Elect 2003-2004
- Treasurer 2002-2003
- Secretary 2001-2002
Speeches and Published Works
- Speaker: ”Using the New Electronic Discovery Rules to the Plaintiff’s Advantage”, WTLA 2007 Winter Meeting
- Speaker: “Electronic Discovery Roundtable: The New Federal Rules Teleseminar”, Association of Trial Lawyers of America 2006
- Speaker: “Patent Litigation: Filling the Void That Tort Reform Left,” Western Trial Lawyers Association 2005 Annual Convention
- Moderator: “Getting Off to a Running Start: Strategies for the New Lawyer,” ATLA 2005 Annual Convention
- Author: “The Road Less Traveled,” Trial Magazine, January 2003
BOARD CERTIFIED, PERSONAL INJURY TRIAL LAW
Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2004
BOARD CERTIFIED, CIVIL TRIAL ADVOCATE
National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2007
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