Gregory D. Smith
Mr. Smith is a family law lawyer with 37 years of experience whose practice focuses on complex, difficult disputes between spouses and former spouses. leads a team of six attorneys, two paralegals, and two staff who cover everything family law-related. His practice includes sophisticated financial issues such as valuation and distribution of businesses, business assets, real estate, retirement accounts and more; divorce and post-divorce matters involving children; and alimony and other forms of spousal support. The attorneys in the Stites domestic group, including Mr. Smith, also have experience in litigation involving the application of the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction— international custody cases governed by federal law and international law. Mr. Smith is a Fellow with the American College of Trial Attorneys and a frequent “Best of the Bar” award winner through the Nashville Business Journal. Greg previously served as the office executive member of Stites & Harbison’s Nashville/Franklin offices from 2015-2024.
Mr. Smith also has experience handling creditors' rights and commercial litigation matters in both Tennessee state and federal courts.
Gregory Smith Earns Chambers High Net Worth Honor for 2023
by staff writer, Attorney At Law Magazine, September 19, 2023
Gregory Smith Earns Chambers USA High Net Worth Honor for 2022
by staff writer, Attorney At Law Magazine, August 2, 2022
Ethical Considerations in Family Law
panel member, 16th Annual Virtual Family Law Conference for Tennessee Practitioners, December 2-3, 2021
Case Law Update
Family Law Institute, Nashville Bar Association Domestic Relations Committee, October 18, 2021
Chambers USA honors Stites & Harbison’s Smith
by staff author, The Nashville Ledger, July 30, 2021
Domestic Service Group, Chair
Office Executive Member, Nashville and Franklin, TN offices (2014-24)
Management Committee Member (two terms 2007-2011)
Active in other firm committees, including recruiting, compensation, and nominating committees
Vanderbilt University Law School
American Jurisprudence Awards in Contracts and Criminal Constitutional Law
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Wales, Swansea, Wales (1976-1977)
Mr. Smith's practice includes both trial and appellate work. His appeals include a Tennessee Supreme Court case that set the standard for subject matter jurisdiction in child support cases. He has handled numerous other appeals involving modification of alimony and child support, jurisdiction in child custody disputes, and many other issues.
Cycling, fishing, board gaming, reading and bicycle building (not too good at that last one, or any of the rest for that matter, but still trying)
Active with a group of tandem cyclists who provide training/exercise and the opportunity to ride bikes to Nashville-area blind cyclists, through the help of the Harpeth Bike Club.
American College of Trial Lawyers, North America’s preeminent organization of trial lawyers
Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
Best Lawyers in America®, Family Law (2008-25)
Best Lawyers in America®, Nashville Area Lawyer of the Year for Family Law (2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)
Chambers High Net Worth, Family/Matrimonial for USA: Tennessee (2021-24)
Nashville Business Journal, Best of the Bar (2003, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Mid-South Super Lawyers® (2008-24)
Mid-South Super Lawyers® Top 50 Nashville Lawyers (2018, 2019, 2020)
Mid-South Super Lawyers® Top 100 Tennessee Lawyers (2018, 2019, 2020)
Nashville Bar Association, Joseph G. Cummings Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year award (1996); Mentor for two other members in the firm, each of whom won the same award as associates on the State level in 2004 and 2014
100 Best Lawyers In Nashville, Nashville Business Journal
Ten Stites & Harbison Attorneys Honored by 2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers
The 2024 edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers recently honored 10 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys. Seven attorneys were named to the Super Lawyers list and three were named to the Rising Stars list.
Gregory Smith Earns Chambers High Net Worth Honor for 2024
Chambers High Net Worth selected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Gregory D. Smith for inclusion in its 2024 guide in the category of Family/Matrimonial for USA: Tennessee. He is one of only three attorneys honored for Tennessee. Chambers High Net Worth ranks top lawyers and law firms in the international private wealth market.
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2025 Best Lawyers® Publications
Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 97 of its lawyers are included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence according to the publication. Additionally, 12 Stites & Harbison attorneys are named as “Lawyer of the Year” and 30 attorneys are recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, which recognizes attorneys early in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.
Greg Smith Earns 2024 Best of the Bar Honor
The Nashville Business Journal recently honored Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Greg Smith with a 2024 Best of the Bar award. Smith has been named to Best of the Bar on not less than 10 occasions for family law.
Ten Stites & Harbison Attorneys Honored by 2023 Mid-South Super Lawyers
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The 2023 edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers recently honored 10 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys. Seven attorneys were named to the Super Lawyers list and three were named to the Rising Stars list.
Gregory Smith Earns Chambers High Net Worth Honor for 2023
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Chambers High Net Worth selected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Gregory D. Smith for inclusion in its 2023 guide in the category of Family/Matrimonial for USA: Tennessee. He is one of only four attorneys honored for Tennessee. Chambers High Net Worth ranks top lawyers and law firms in the international private wealth market. This is Smith’s third time earning the honor.
Greg Smith and Lauren Paxton Roberts Earn 2023 Best of the Bar Honors
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Nashville Business Journal recently honored Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys Greg Smith and Lauren Paxton Roberts with the 2023 Best of the Bar awards. Smith has been honored nine times for family law. This is Roberts’ first time being honored in the litigation and dispute category.
Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2024 Best Lawyers® Publications
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 101 of its lawyers are included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.