If you read this, you've heard it already... "I am a problem-solver," "I can help, I like to help others," "I am compassionate...." It's all out there, it's all been said. What has been said, what is promised, it may be true. But if you are a lawyer, you are not a magician. You can't guarantee the outcome. I don't. As a person, as a father, husband, son, brother, friend ... I work to find answers when others won't look. I try when others can't. I push forward when others stop. That's been said too, right? Well, I'm like the others that said that same thing then. I take an issue, I analyze and leverage a position, I offer recommendations...legal advice. I can either help someone resolve it amicably or I can advocate as a litigant. I'll challenge anything that's not right, I've never been intimidated in my life. Other than that, I love to remodel, build and fix things. I love landscaping, working with my hands and actually making a change; improving something. I've dedicated a significant part of my life to fixing things (like historic homes, not only legal issues) and building a wonderful business (SmithHouse) with my wife, Stephanie. I have three children, Caleb, Madeline and Eloise, that I think about every second of my life and cherish even more. I love watching movies/shows, spending time with my extended family, practicing and coaching sports with/for my kids and taking time typing things into my profiles to make me look good... I guess. I could write a book to try to convince you I'm awesome. Never will happen though, unless I've been your lawyer (well, most of the time...some folks are never happy). My wife and kids think I'm awesome and the feeling is mutual. So, it's all good.