About T.J.
T.J. Smith is a personal injury attorney based in Louisville, Kentucky, operating the firm T.J. Smith, Attorney at Law. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky in 1986 and his Juris Doctor from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. He has practiced law for over three decades, focusing his career on representing injured clients in personal injury and medical malpractice cases. Smith has been recognized by the Kentucky Super Lawyers list annually since 2022 and is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
- Automobile Accidents
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home Neglect
- Tractor Trailer Crashes
- Motorcycle Wrecks
- Wrongful Death
- Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (J.D.)
- University of Kentucky
- Licensed since 1989
- Kentucky
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
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