Dwight L. Smith

Who Is GP|Solo Division Delegate Dwight Smith?

• Formally, Dwight L. Smith.
• Born in the middle of the Eisenhower administration (but doesn’t remember anything about it).
• 1981 graduate of University of Tulsa Law School.
• Served as GP|Solo Division Chair, 2005-2006.
• Member of Division Council since 1995.
• Current Chair of ABA Standing Committee on Public Education.
• Immediate Past Chair of ABA Commission on Youth at Risk.
• Chaired ABA Standing Committee on Solo and Small Firm Practitioners for three years.
• Served several years on Executive Council of ABA Young Lawyers Division, including three years as Division Delegate to ABA House of Delegates.
• Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
• Past chair (too long ago) of the Young Lawyers Division of the Oklahoma Bar Association.
• President (20 years) of the Board of Education, Independent School District Number 8, Sperry, Oklahoma.
• Member, 2001 Oklahoma State School Boards Association’s honorary All-State School Board.
• Has a solo practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma, focusing on commercial transactions, banking, dispute resolution, probate, and corporate law.
• Married to Vicki DeShong and has three children.
• Interests include travel, water skiing, snow skiing, music, and reading.
• Member, Osage Indian Tribe.
• Doesn’t own an iPod, but does have a small transistor radio he’s kept since the Eisenhower era that still brings in the tunes.