Putnam Smith | Cumming Business Lawyer

Attorney Putnam C. Smith represents Main Street business owners and executives, professionals of all types and local, regional and national real estate investors, developers and operators, concentrating on business and commercial real estate transactions and tax and estate planning. Common transactions include start-ups, acquisitions and sales of closely held business, tax-free mergers and reorganizations, asset purchases, leveraged buyouts and joint ventures and partnerships in a wide range of industries.

He has practiced corporate law in Atlanta and the surrounding metropolitan area since 1988, initially with Nall & Miller, LLP and later with Robert W. Fisher, P.C., a tax boutique that was instrumental in the creation of Nextel and a number of international ventures in the telecommunications industry before disbanding in 1994. Before attending law school, he incorporated Jimmy Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign and worked as a legal assistant with other leading Atlanta law firms, including King & Spalding, LLP and Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, gaining invaluable experience with public corporations and investment banks.

During his tenure with Lipscomb, Johnson, Sleister, Dailey & Smith, LLP, Mr. Smith has handled private equity investments in shopping centers and industrial and commercial property in several southeastern states, land assemblages requiring services ranging from quiet title actions to road closures and a $116 million buyout to resolve a shareholder’s dispute involving a closely held technology business.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Partner	Lipscomb Johnson Sleister Dailey & Smith, LLP	Cumming, GA	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Georgia School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1988
Emory University School of Law	LL.M.	Tax	1993
Williams College	Bachelors		1973

State / Court	Date
Georgia	1988

• Member | Georgia State Bar Association
  Member | State Bar of Georgia Sections | Corporate-Banking, Bankruptcy
  Member | Atlanta Sections | Corporate Counsel, Tax, Bankruptcy
  Member | Alcovy and American Sections | Business LawTaxation, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law

• Notable Rating | Martindale-Hubbell | 2020

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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
(1988) Licensed as Attorney in Georgia. Verified with State Bar of Georgia.	March 31, 2020

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