Rhonda Smith | Woodstock Divorce & Family Lawyer

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.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	Law Offices of Rhonda Smith	Woodstock, GA	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University	J.D.	Law School	2005
Louisiana State University | Paul M. Hebert Law Center	BCL		2005
Louisiana State University	Bachelors	History	2002

State / Court	Date
Georgia	2012
Louisiana	2005

• 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

• 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

• In Re Estate of Wertzer, 2018 Ga. App. Ct. Briefs Lexis 393

• Around the Bar (BRBA) | "Community Property and Military Pensions" | 2004

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