We are pleased to share that Richard E. Smith has been named to the Birmingham Business Journal’s 2023 Best of the Bar. Each year, the Birmingham Business Journal highlights the best and the brightest from Birmingham’s legal scene. These attorneys represent a range of practice groups and help to shape their firms and the Birmingham economy.
Richard is a founding partner of Christian & Small and is an integral member of the firm’s litigation group. He served as managing partner for five years and is recognized by Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation, Best Lawyers in America®, Super Lawyers®, and has an AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
About Christian & Small
Christian & Small LLP represents a diverse clientele throughout Alabama, the Southeast, and the nation with clients ranging from individuals and closely-held businesses to Fortune 500 corporations. By matching highly experienced lawyers with specific client needs, Christian & Small develops innovative, effective, and efficient solutions for clients. With offices in Birmingham, metro-Jackson, Mississippi, and the Alabama Gulf Coast, Christian & Small focuses on the areas of litigation and business, is a member of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms, and is the only Alabama-based member firm in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. Our corporate social responsibility program is focused on education, and diversity is one of Christian & Small’s core values.
No representation is made that the quality of legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.


