Shane L. Smith

Shane Smith's practice focuses on commercial litigation. For more than 12 years prior to practicing law, Mr. Smith held several positions with San Antonio, Texas-based Valero Energy Corporation and its acquired companies, including service as its Manager, eCommerce Marketing and Manager, Credit Card Marketing. Mr. Smith joined the firm after completing a judicial clerkship with the Honorable D. Arthur Kelsey, Judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Shane Smith's practice focuses on commercial litigation. For more than 12 years prior to practicing law, Mr. Smith held several positions with San Antonio, Texas-based Valero Energy Corporation and its acquired companies, including service as its Manager, eCommerce Marketing and Manager, Credit Card Marketing. Mr. Smith joined the firm after completing a judicial clerkship with the Honorable D. Arthur Kelsey, Judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Mr. Smith is licensed to practice in Virginia. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association, and also the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. He has been listed in Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Stars magazine for Business Litigation.

Mr. Smith is the author of “Gone in a Blink: The Overlooked Privacy Problems Caused by Contactless Payment Systems.” The article was selected as the winner of the 2006 Information Technology Law Writing competition sponsored by the International Technology Law Association and was published in the Winter 2007 issue of The Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review.

Mr. Smith holds a bachelor of business administration degree in marketing, magna cum laude, from West Texas A&M University, and a juris doctor degree from William & Mary School of Law. While in law school, Mr. Smith was a member of the national moot court team, achieved honors in Advanced Brief Writing, and served as teaching assistant for Advanced Brief Writing.