Brent H Smith

Brent H. Smith is a trial lawyer in La Grande. He represents the people of rural Eastern Oregon in disputes over their land: families, farmers, ranchers and business owners whose boundaries, water, access and title are at stake. His work is to make a complicated matter clear, to the client and then to the court.

He has tried more than forty cases to a court or a jury in the state and federal courts, more than thirty of them to juries, and he handles the appeals that follow. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants: property and boundary disputes, condemnation, personal injury and wrongful death, property damage from fire and from farm and livestock operations, business disputes, and the defense of insureds retained by their insurers. He also serves as a court-appointed arbitrator in the Eastern Oregon counties.