Ken Smith handles complex commercial and tax litigation matters. He also has extensive experience handling adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court and appellate work.
Ken has been lead counsel on multistate tax litigation matters for such diverse clients as Atlanta Gas Light, Cardinal Health, Cessna Aircraft, Delta Air Lines, Expedia, FedEx Ground, General Electric, Havertys, HealthSouth, Hotels.com, IBM, J.C. Penney, Lowe's, MeadWestvaco Corp., QuikTrip, Target, Tronox Corp., Verizon, W.C. Bradley Company, and Wiltel Communications.
Ken frequently lectures to business and professional groups throughout the country, including the Tax Executive Institute, Council on State Taxation, and Institute for Professionals in Taxation.
Ken is named in The Best Lawyers in America for both commercial litigation and tax law (2009-2012) and has been named by Chambers USA (2008-2011) as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" ("he impresses market observers with his ‘highly effective trial skills’" and "has excellent negotiation skills"). Atlanta magazine has honored him as a "Georgia Super Lawyer" every year since 2004. He also is listed in Super Lawyers — Corporate Counsel Edition, a national publication. Ken has been recognized as one of Georgia Trend's "Legal Elite" and named by James Magazine as one of "Georgia's Legal Leaders." The Georgia Bar Journal recently honored him as one of "Georgia's Legal Legacies." In 2009, Ken was elected a Master of the Lumpkin Inn of Court.
A fifth generation Atlantan, Ken is also a community leader and serves on and chairs numerous local nonprofit boards.
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