J. Timothy Smith

Mr. Smith is a past president of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Arkansas Chapter; past president of the Washington County Bar Association; and past president of the William B. Putman American Inn of Court. In 2016, Mr. Smith was recognized by Legal Aid of Arkansas as their Volunteer Attorney of the Year for the 4th Judicial District of Arkansas for 2015. Mr. Smith is a fellow of the Arkansas Bar Association, a member of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, a member of the American Association for Justice, and a member of the American Bar Association.

In April of 2016, Mr. Smith presented a Civility Matters program to the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to educate third year law students on the principles of civility in the practice of law. Additionally, Mr. Smith participates in the ABOTA Trial Practice Series each year at the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville. In this series, members of the Arkansas Chapter of ABOTA teach second a third-year law students the ins and outs of trial practice in a classroom setting.