Nick Smith is well known throughout Tate County and Panola County for providing experienced, local representation in both personal injury and criminal defense matters. Having grown up in Tate County and served clients across North Mississippi for years, Nick has built strong relationships in communities including Senatobia, Coldwater, Batesville, Sardis, and the surrounding areas.
If you have been injured in a car accident, truck accident, or motorcycle accident in Tate County or Panola County, Nick Smith understands the challenges injury victims face and fights to help clients recover the compensation they deserve. He also represents individuals facing serious criminal charges, including DUI, drug offenses, theft crimes, violent crimes, and other felony and misdemeanor offenses throughout North Mississippi.
Nick Smith is admitted to practice in state courts in Mississippi and Tennessee. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi. Mr. Smith’s areas of practice include personal injury, criminal defense, civil litigation including contract disputes and actions under the Fair Debt Collections Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act. Mr. Smith was hired in 2010 at the Chatham Pittman Law Firm and is now a partner at Chatham Gilder Howell Pittman.
While in law school Mr. Smith interned at the District Attorney’s office serving Tate, Panola, DeSoto, Yalobusha, and Tallahatchie Counties of the 17th Judicial District. Mr. Smith graduated from law school in 2009. Following law school, Mr. Smith returned home to Senatobia. In June 2013 Mr. Smith began serving as the Municipal Judge for the City of Senatobia. Mr. Smith has served as the President of the Northwest Mississippi Young Lawyers Division and currently serves Panola County Mississippi as one of the County’s Public Defenders. Mr. Smith’s litigation experience includes trial work in Municipal Courts, Circuit and Chancery Courts, and Federal Court.
When you need an experienced attorney for a personal injury or criminal defense case in Tate County or Panola County, contact Nick Smith and the team at Chatham Gilder Howell Pittman for a free consultation.
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 2010
- Tennessee, 2011
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
Education
- Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi
- J.D. – 2009
- University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
- B.A. – 2005
- Major: English
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- North Mississippi Young Lawyers
- Desoto County Bar Association
Past Employment Positions
- District Attorney’s Office of the 17th Judicial District, Extern, 2008
