Brian E. Smith

Brian E. Smith joined the Office of Administrative Hearings on May 3, 2004. Originally from Chicago, Administrative Law Judge Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction in psychology from Northern Arizona University and attended Arizona State University College of Law. Judge Smith began his legal career as an associate with the Phoenix firm of O’Connor Cavanagh, et al. with a concentration in the areas of insurance defense and general civil litigation. He later joined the firm of Carmichael and Powell where he focused on commercial transactions and litigation as well as landlord/tenant law. After ten years as a sole practitioner in the areas of commercial transactions and litigation and domestic relations law, Judge Smith served over three years as an Arizona Assistant Attorney General specializing in child abuse and neglect, adoption subsidy and developmental disabilities before joining the Office of Administrative Hearings