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Kyle B. Smith - Jefferson, OH
Huntington Bank Building36 West Jefferson Street Jefferson, OH 44047
Smith & Miller, Attorneys at Law
Jefferson Estate Planning/Probate Lawyer
Overview
Attorney Kyle B. Smith grew up in Southern California raising steers in 4-H and working on his parent's 3 acre orange orchard. He graduated from the University of California, Davis, in 1976 with a B.A. in American history, and law school at Willamette University in Salem Oregon in 1980. He was on the Willamette Law Review and published an article in 1979 on Native American law.
He passed the Ohio Bar in 1980 and began a two year teaching career at the University of Toledo Law School in Toledo, Ohio. In 1982 he began working for Ashtabula County Legal Aid and the Public Defenders Office and was appointed the Assistant Prosecutor for the City of Ashtabula in 1984. Later in 1984 he became the Law Director of Conneaut, Ohio and served in that capacity until June 1995.
He has been in private practice since 1991 in Jefferson, Ohio. He has served on the boards of Homesafe, United Way, Ashtabula County Legal Aid, Leadership, the Ashtabula Arts Center, Ashtabula Arts Foundation, Community Counseling and the Conneaut Area City Board of Education.
About Kyle B. Smith
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner, Smith and Miller, Attorneys at Law, since 1986
Practice Areas
- Estate Planning/Probate
- Family Law - General
- Real Estate - Deeds/Purchase Agreements/Litigation
- Construction Law
- Municipal/Zoning/Civil Rights
- Bankruptcy/Chapter 7/13
- Civil Litigation
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 1980
Other Affiliations
- Ashtabula County Legal Aid
- Ashtabula Arts Center
- Ashtabula Arts Foundation
- Ashtabula County Community Counseling
- Conneaut Area City Board of Education
Past Positions
- University of Toledo Law School in Toledo, Ohio, Instructor, 1980 - 1982
- Ashtabula County Legal Aid, Public Defender, 1982 - 1983
- Assistant Ashtabula City Solicitor, 1983 - 1984
- City of Conneaut Law Director, 1984 - 1995
- Solicitor, Geneva on the Lake, 2005 - Present
Education
- Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Oregon
Law Review: Willamette Law Review on Native American Law - University of California, 1976
B.A.
Major: American History
Office Information
Address
Huntington Bank Building36 West Jefferson Street Jefferson, OH 44047
Phone
Fax
- 440-576-4907
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