Attorney Profiles

Charles T. Smith

Senior Partner

Charles T. "Chuck" Smith, a senior and founding partner of Mitchell Lang & Smith LLP, has been representing clients throughout the States of Oregon and Washington for 46 years, practicing exclusively in civil litigation.  He graduated from Oregon State University in 1958 with a B.S. in Science, served in the U.S. Army and completed a J.D. at Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College, in 1965 and was admitted to the Bar that year.  He was admitted to the U.S. District Court in 1966, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court in 1971.  Mr. Smith is a member of the Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitrators Association, Multnomah County and American Bar Associations, the Oregon State Bar Committee on Client Security Fund, 1974-1978 and Northwestern School of Law Alumni Board of Directors 1980-1983.  He has served as a Circuit Court Judge, Pro Tempore, Multnomah County in 1981, 1987-1991 and 2000-2003.

Areas of Practice:

• Insurance Defense Law
• General Liability Defense

Bar Admissions:

• Oregon, 1965
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1971
• U.S. District Court District of Oregon, 1966
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1971

Education:

• Lewis and Clark College Northwestern School of Law, Portland, Oregon, 1965, J.D.
  Honors: Delta Theta Phi
• Oregon State University, 1959, B.S.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• American Arbitration Association
• Multnomah County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Oregon State Bar, Client Security Fund, 1974-1978
• Oregon Association of Defense Counsel
• Defense Research Institute
• Northwestern School of Law, Board of Directors, 1980-1983
• Oregon State Bar