Background
Smith, Oscar M. was born on September 19, 1923 in Valdosta, Georgia, United States.
Smith, Oscar M. was born on September 19, 1923 in Valdosta, Georgia, United States.
South Georgia Teachers College. Georgia School of Technology. University of Georgia (Bachelor of Laws, summa cum laude, 1948).
Worked at Shaw, Maddox, Graham, Monk & Boling, Limited Liability Partnership (Rome, Georgia) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Insurance, Banking and Corporations, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Workers Compensation Law, Probate, Estate Planning, Taxation and Health Care. Admitted to the bar, 1947, Georgia. Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Phi Kappa Phi.
Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Georgia, 1968. Member, 1975-1978 and Chairman, 1979-1980, Georgia State Board of Bar Examiners. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York
Rome and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia. Lawyers Club of Atlanta.
Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1971-1972). International Association of Insurance Counsel.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
The firm is the direct successor to a partnership established in 1899 by George Edmondson Maddox and Colonel William South. McHenry. Over the years, attorneys who had been partners and associates of the firm have served in various capacities in the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of the State of Georgia and the United States. One partner and two former partners served as members of the Georgia Board of Bar Examiners.
Attorneys presently in the firm concentrate in various areas of the law, enabling it to offer a wide range of legal services to its clients.
Member, 1975-1978 and Chairman, 1979-1980, Georgia State Board of Bar Examiners. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York Rome and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia.
Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1971-1972).
International Association of Insurance Counsel. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.