Chandler has experience researching and analyzing environmental issues, employment issues, contract disputes, and other business litigation matters. Chandler Smith is an associate in the firm's Labor and Employment practice. Chandler maintains a robust pro bono practice and was one of the inaugural Perkins Coie Pro Bono Racial Justice fellows. As such, she was seconded to the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law for the 2022 - 23 fellowship year. Chandler was also a summer associate at Perkins Coie in 2020 and 2021. Chandler is a graduate of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, where she was the Arizona issue and symposium editor on the . She also served as the president of the John P. Morris Black Law Students Association. In college, Chandler earned a full athletic scholarship from William & Mary, where she was a member of the school's Division I women's basketball team.