Court D. Smith

Court Smith focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation representing a variety of businesses and individuals, with a unique focus on counseling corporate and individual restaurant proprietors and food service industry companies. Mr. Smith regularly appears in courts across the State of Texas and handles both trial and appellate matters. He is admitted to practice before all courts in Texas, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Smith was a partner at Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, LLP and Crouch & Ramey, LLP, both of which are litigation law firms with offices in Dallas, Texas, where his practice included commercial litigation and appeals, and food service law. He has served as the outside litigation counsel for a 700-unit restaurant chain for more than twenty years and he has successfully defended companies and individuals against complex international franchise litigation, partnership disputes, vendor contract matters, personal injury lawsuits, and products liability claims. Mr. Smith has assisted his clients in corporate and franchise structuring, negotiation of contracts and leases, and organizational succession planning. Mr. Smith has been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer every year since 2016 and was recognized as a Texas “Rising Star” for many years by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics magazines.

Mr. Smith graduated magna cum laude from Austin College with a degree in political science in 1995 and earned a JD from the University of Texas School of Law in 1998. Mr. Smith and his wife live in Frisco, Texas and have two children. He is an active member and chair of several committees at St. Andrew Methodist Church in Plano, Texas.

Bar Admissions
Texas, 1998
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1998