Practice Areas
Education
- B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995
- J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998, Holderness Moot Court, Negotiations Team
Bar & Court Admissions
- North Carolina, 1998
Other Areas of Law
- Business
- Environmental
- International
Nancy S. Smith
Nancy Smith delivers sophisticated policy and legislative counsel in energy and environmental matters to her wide-ranging clients. Her experience extends to representing clients with various local and state legislative bodies and the United States Congress.
She has managed public policy campaigns in more than a dozen states on complex environmental and energy issues including brownfield redevelopment projects and climate change initiatives, local tax matters and trade and commerce concerns. She has been published in a wide variety of scholarly legal journals and trade periodicals including UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, Georgetown International Environmental Law Review and Campaigns and Elections Magazine.
Ms. Smith counsels clients on creation, administration and compliance for political action committees under the Federal law and the laws of a dozen states. She has executed strategic communication efforts and grassroots constituency-building campaigns and managed symposia and large media events across the country to support policy initiatives.
Ms. Smith has published articles and papers on the significance of proactive governmental participation by business and industry in environmental protection and on federal campaign finance reform.
Additionally, Nancy is an author of the following publications:
- Inextricably Intertwined - Environmental Management and the Public, The Georgetown International Environmental Law Review
- Multinational Chemical Companies Face Greater Scrutiny, NCBA International Law
- UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy
- Campaigns and Elections Magazine
Of Note
Member, 1991 and 1992 National Championship Women’s Soccer Team, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association