Tempe Smith
Birmingham Personal Injury & Business Litigation Lawyer
Tempe has spent the last decade of her career representing people who have been injured negligence of others. She has represented people from across the country who have been injured by pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, and other safety devices. She has also helped clients in Alabama in their personal injury cases. Working on these cases has taken her to courtrooms and trials in Alabama and beyond.
Tempe has also worked to help people through class action cases. She was class counsel in a fraud class action that resulted in a $310M settlement. In 2017, She was part of a trial team that successfully represented a class of Kansas corn farmers against Syngenta, resulting in a verdict of nearly $218 million. That same litigation ultimately resulted in a $1.5B class-action settlement for corn farmers nationwide.
- University of Alabama School of Law
- J.D. (2010) | Law
- Honors: magna cum laude
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- University of Mary Washington
- B.A. (2004)
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- Owner
- Tempe Smith Law, PLLC
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- Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, LLP
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- Rising Stars for the Mid-South region
- Super Lawyers®
- Rising Stars for the Mid-South region
- Super Lawyers®
- Rising Star
- Birmingham Magazine
- Top Female Lawyers
- B-Metro Magazine
- Birmingham Bar Association
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- American Bar Association
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- Current
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- American Association for Justice
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- Birmingham Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section
- Executive Committee Member
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- State Bar of Tennessee # 032471
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- Alabama Association for Justice
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- Alabama State Bar
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- Alabama
- Alabama State Bar Association
- ID Number: 6834-M62S
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- Tennessee
- Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
- ID Number: 032471
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- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
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- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Securities Law
- Class Actions
- Mass Torts
- False Claims Act / Qui Tam / Whistleblower
- Contract Disputes
- English: Spoken, Written