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Loretta Ann Smith
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Biography
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Ms. Smith attended Vanderbilt graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1985. After a number of years working in the U.S. and abroad, and 10 years dedicated to raising her children at home, Ms. Smith pursued a lifelong dream, and attended law school as an Atlanta Law Fellow at Emory University School of Law. She graduated and was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 2006.
Ms. Smith worked as an associate with two local law firms and started her current solo practice, Loretta Smith Law, in 2009. She remains of counsel to FoxWeiss, PC, an employment law firm, and mediates for the Fulton County Landlord Tenant Project.
Though her office is in the heart of Powder Springs, Ms. Smith has practiced in Cobb, Paulding, Douglas, Fulton, Carroll, Dekalb, Bartow, Cherokee, Walker, Forsyth, Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Laurens, Baldwin, Clarke, Barrow, Liberty, Telfair, Greene, Polk and Oconee County courts and in a number of municipal courts in Georgia. She is admitted to practice in all Magistrate, State and Superior Courts in Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She also has been admitted pro hac vice to Federal and local courts in other states. She is a registered mediator with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution. She enjoys advising military service members or spouses about domestic law.
Ms. Smith is a member of the Cobb Bar Association, is a volunteer lawyer with the Cobb Justice Foundation (Atlanta Legal Aid), and is on the Guardian Ad Litem roster for Cobb County.
Ms. Smith attends WestRidge Church and volunteers in the special needs ministry there. She also serves as a member of the Development Authority of Powder Springs. In her “spare time”, she enjoys reading, music, travel, walking and spending time with her children and friends.
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Licensed in Georgia for 19 years
State: Georgia
Acquired: 2006
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Law Offices of Loretta Ann Smith
3855 Oakview Dr Ste 105, Powder Springs, GA, 30127
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Posted by Keith | January 23, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation
Very nice but dropped the ball
I hired Loretta to represent me in a contempt case involving my retirement we could have solved the issue before going to court but she was no match for the ex wife and lost so bad in court and I had to pay ex-wife lawyer, Loretta felt so bad for me she offered to represent me without pay, but we nev...
Loretta Smith
Replied last January 23, 2020Keith, I hate the outcome of your contempt case, but you had painted yourself into a corner that no one could get you out of. The motion for contempt was filed alleging you refused to sign a QDRO as directed in your divorce. Based on your account of the story, I went to court fully prepared to argue that you had not refused to sign but had simply needed additional information to understand the document prior to signing. When your ex-Wife's attorney produced another very respected attorney (who had drafted the QDRO) as a witness, and he testified to the volume and the very foul language you used in announcing in his office in no uncertain terms that you would not sign the QDRO, a siber tooth tiger could not have saved you from a finding of contempt. When there is willful contempt, the court almost always orders the party in contempt to pay for the other party's attorney fees. With your agreement, your wife got the house in the divorce. I did not represent you in that action. I told you repeatedly that by law the court could not change the disposition of assets in a contempt action but you insisted on filing that motion anyway. I went to great effort and expense to get your ex served but she evaded the sheriff's office, and you could never give me a specific time and place where she would be to send a private process server. If we had had a hearing, the court may have found her in contempt for failing to pay the mortgage, but I am certain that particular judge would not have ordered her to give the house back to you even to save it for your children.
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Experience
Honors
2018
Pro Bono Star, Atlanta Legal Aid
2017
Vandenberg Advocate for Victims of Domestic Violence Award, Legal Aid of Cobb County
2017
50 Hour Star, Atlanta Legal Aid
Education
2006
Emory University School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1985
Vanderbilt University
BS - Bachelor of Science
Languages
English
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My husband got into trouble with GA law enforcement and sold everything of value and disappeared.
24 Mar 2026
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How do I find out if my name is still on the title to a house?
01 Dec 2025
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Can back/retroactive child support be ordered?
21 Nov 2025