Rhonda Smith | Woodstock Divorce & Family Lawyer

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About Rhonda

Rhonda Sansone Smith is a 2002 graduate of Louisiana State University where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in History.  She was immediately accepted into the Paul M. Hebert Law School at LSU and obtained her Juris Doctorate in 2005, as well as a Bachelor of Civil Law that same year.  During law school, she was a member of the Legal Association of Women, the Civil Flory Mock Trial Association, and obtained an internship with the Innocence Project of New Orleans where she worked with an inmate serving a life sentence.  She also clerked for Lee & Walsh, LLC, one of the preeminent family law firms in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Following law school, she served as the Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Annette B. Lasalle, Judge of the Family Court of Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish.  After her clerkship in Family Court, she began working in the area of family law.  As her husband continued to be promoted within his company, Rhonda followed him to Texas and Georgia, where she also became barred.

Rhonda is active in her community, formerly serving as a member and chair of the Louisiana High School Mock Trial Association and as an attorney-mentor for several high schools.  She was also honored to be a member and serve as president of the Louisiana National Guard Family Support Group for the 256th BSTB in Plaquemine, Louisiana during her husband’s two tours of duty during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Rhonda is licensed in Georgia courts, including Magistrate, Juvenile, Probate, State and Superior Courts, as well as the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia and Georgia Court of Appeals; Louisiana Courts, including all State Courts, the United States District Courts for the Middle, Eastern and Western Districts, and the First Circuit Court of Appeal; and, Texas courts, including all County Courts, as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts.

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Experience

Attorney

Law Offices of Rhonda Smith

Present

Woodstock, GA

Admission

Verified Georgia

2012

Verified Louisiana

2005

Education

Louisiana State University | Paul M. Hebert Law Center

BCL

2005

Louisiana State University

Bachelors (History)

2002

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Texas Bar Association Member
    2014 - Present
  • Georgia State Bar Association Member
    2013 - Present
  • Defense Research Institute Member
    2008 - Present
  • Louisiana State Bar Association Member
    2005 - Present
  • Baton Rouge Bar Association Member
    2005 - Present
  • Cobb County Bar Association Member
    2018 - 2019
  • Baton Rouge Bar Association Chair Mock Trial Committee
    2008 - 2009
  • Baton Rouge Bar Association Member Law Day Committee
    2007 - 2008
  • High School Mock Trial Association Member
    2004 - 2007
  • Louisiana National Guard Family Support Group President
    2004 - 2011
  • Legal Association of Women Member
    2003 - 2005
Honors / Awards
  • Honorary Associates Degree in Paralegal Studies Baton Rouge College of Paralegal Studies
    2009
  • CALI Award Labor Law Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
    2004

Notable Work

Publications

Around the Bar (BRBA) "Community Property and Military Pensions"

2004

Law Offices of Rhonda Smith Highlights

Divorce & Family Law

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