Mark Smith’s clients include hospitals, doctors and other health care providers throughout the state of Tennessee. He handles the defense of medical negligence claims and suits involving allegations of wrongful death and catastrophic injuries with the potential for significant financial exposure.  He has also successfully defended cases for his hospital clients involving other types of claims such as premises liability. Other practice areas include general, commercial, estate and appellate litigation, as well as high-exposure plaintiff’s personal injury cases.  He recently obtained appellate reversal of the largest additur in reported Tennessee appellate history.  Mr. Smith has practiced law for more than 27 years, including more than 10 years in Dallas, where he was a partner at Strasburger & Price.

A Nashville native, Mr. Smith received his J.D. from the University of Virginia, where he was a member of the Virginia Journal of International Law. He received a master’s degree in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.