Kelly Jackson Smith

We hired Mrs. Smith after my son was charged with vandalism. At the time he was a seven-year-old autistic boy who drew on his desk. She talked a big game in the beginning and had us feeling very comfortable. We even disregarded all the bad reviews that was our first mistake. After paying her initial... retainer we quickly realized that those reviews was how she practiced in her firm. She dragged the case on and on continuance after continuance. We decided to be proactive and potentially go to court without her because we were over it at this point. When she received word of this, she called me and spoke to me very unprofessional and told me I would be fired so at that point, we decided to start looking for another attorney because we were in the process of moving to another state and we didn’t have time to keep playing her games. Finally, another attorney my family knows was recommended out of Nashville,. He was able to get the case dismissed a week after I had hired him without even having to go to court. I would advise people to read their negative reviews take them into consideration because we found most of them to be true. Then, after all that her assistant notifies me that she is going to return some of my money so we had hopes that maybe she was just to busy. She had the nerve to give me back I believe around 300 dollars after I had giving her 2k. Mind you, she never went to court never really put any time in the case besides a few emails with me and a couple phone calls. Wow 5 ten minutes phone calls cost 1,700 dollars?! I definitely do not recommend. I know she will have some kind of response I’m sure defending her self. She’s a lawyer so she is a good talker. I just wanted to make the public aware to strongly consider her reviews when hiring her.