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Roger Smith Jr.
Biography
Roger W. Smith, Jr., was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended the Raleigh public schools. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of North Carolina in 1991. While at UNC he was inducted into the Order of Gimghoul.
After college, Mr. Smith moved to Wyoming where, during a period of about two years, he learned to hand-make rough white-pine furniture in the Western tradition. He returned to North Carolina and co-founded Appalachian Designs, a company through which he continued to manufacture and market this furniture.
In the fall of 1996, Mr. Smith entered the Norman A. Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University. During law school, he received the book award in the Trial Advocacy Program, was named to the School’s National Trial Team, and was inducted into the Order of Kivett. He received his law degree in 1999 and joined Tharrington Smith that year. He has been recognized by The National Advocacy for DUI Defense as the top 100 DWI Attorneys in North Carolina for 2014, Recognized by National Trial Lawyers top 100 National Trial Attorneys for 2014. Business magazine, Legal Elite for 2014.
Mr. Smith is a member of the Wake County Bar Association and its membership directory committee, the Wake County Academy of Criminal Trial Lawyers, the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the American Bar Association, and the American Judicature Society. He and his wife, Leigh Ann Smith, have three children.
Practice Areas
Criminal Law
Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
Personal Injury
Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Traffic Tickets
Suspended License
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Languages
Professional Experience
Co-Founder Appalachian Designs
Year: 1993 - 1999
Description: Furniture designed by Roger W. Smith, Jr.
Attorney Tharrington Smith
Year: 1999 - Current
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Professional Associations
North Carolina State Bar  # 26759 Member (1999)
American Bar Association Member (Current)
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Member (Current)
North Carolina Advocates for Justice Member (Current)
North Carolina Bar Association Member (Current)
American Judicature Society Member (Current)
Wake County Bar Association Member (Current)
Wake County Academy of Criminal Trial Lawyers Member (Current)
Awards
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Best Lawyers, Non-White Collar Criminal Defense section, and in the Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI Section
Best Lawyers in America 2019.0
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Best Lawyers, Non-White Collar Criminal Defense section, and in the Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI Section
Best Lawyers in America 2017.0
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Best Lawyers, Non-White Collar Criminal Defense section, and in the Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI Section
Best Lawyers in America 2020.0
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Best Lawyers, Non-White Collar Criminal Defense section, and in the Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI Section
Best Lawyers in America 2016.0
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AV Preeminent
Martindale-Hubbell 2016.0
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Top 100 DWI attorney in North Carolina
The National Advocacy for DUI Defense 2014.0
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Rising Star
North Carolina Super Lawyers 2014.0
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Best Lawyers, Non-White Collar Criminal Defense section, and in the Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI Section
Best Lawyers in America 2018.0
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Best Lawyers, DUI/DWI Defense Section Lawyer of the Year for Raleigh
Best Lawyers in America 2020.0
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Top 100 National Trial attorneys
National Trial Attorneys 2014.0
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Legal Elite
Business North Carolina magazine 2014.0
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Order of the Kivett
University of North Carolina
Education
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Campbell Law School J.D. (1999)
Honors: Order of Kivett. Trial Advocacy Program, book award winner.
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University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill B.A. (1991) | English
Websites
Tharrington Smith LLP
150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1800, Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 829-1583