Krista A. Smith - a Wheaton, Illinois (IL) Business Counseling and Governance Lawyer

Wheaton Business Counseling and Governance Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Business Counseling and Governance
Business Services
Buying and Selling Businesses
Contract Services
Entity Planning and Formation
Mergers and Acquisitions
Raising Capital

Attorney Information

Overview

Krista A. Smith, a Director with the Firm, concentrates her practice at Huck Bouma, PC in the area of Corporate law, representing middle market companies, individual business owners, and multi-national corporations. She assists with the formation and general legal issues of business organizations; the purchase or sale of companies; mergers and acquisitions; divestitures and restructurings; commercial contracting; and a wide variety of other transactional matters. Ms. Smith regularly advises clients and negotiates and drafts various transactional documents such as asset purchase or stock purchase agreements, operating agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, customer or supplier contracts, vendor agreements, and corporate governance documents.

Ms. Smith joined the firm in 2018 and previously practiced with a downtown Chicago law firm. She earned her B.A., magna cum laude, from New York University in 2008, where she majored in Anthropology (Honors), and was awarded her J.D., summa cum laude, from The John Marshall Law School in 2013, where she served as a Staff Editor for The John Marshall Law Review and was on the Executive Board for the Corporate Law Association.

Awards and Honors

Honors

Selected to the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Illinois Rising Star list by Super Lawyers Magazine
CALI award, Constitutional Law I
CALI award, Civil Procedure I
CALI award, Civil Procedure II
CALI award, Criminal Procedure: Police Investigation
CALI award, Bankruptcy Law
CALI award, Securities Regulation
Distinguished Scholar Award, The John Marshall Law School (three-year tuition scholarship recipient)
Herzog Scholar Award
John N. Jewett Award for Highest Grades in the First Year
Order of John Marshall

Education

Legal Education
- The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 2013
  J.D.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Honors: Corporate Law Association, Executive Board
  Law Review: The John Marshall Law Review, Staff Editor
Non Legal Education
- New York University, 2008
  B.A.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Major: Anthropology (Honors)

Current Employment Position(s)

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Director
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Bar Admissions

Illinois

Other Affiliations

DuPage County Bar Association
Constitutional Rights Foundation “Lawyers in the Classroom,” participant
Illinois State Bar Association, Member
Chicago Bar Association, Member

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Contact

Wheaton, IL

1755 S. Naperville Road
Suite 200
Wheaton, IL 60189

Directions

Phone: 630-395-7809

Fax: 630-221-1756

Email: Send a message

Website: https://www.huckbouma.com

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