RumbergerKirk Welcomes Former Partner Larry Smith Along with Jennifer Smith Thomas

ORLANDO, Fla., – RumbergerKirk announces the return of former partner Larry Smith as of counsel and new partner Jennifer Smith Thomas to the firm’s Orlando office. Smith brings deep experience in product liability and catastrophic injury litigation. In addition to working in product and casualty defense, Smith Thomas also brings with her a commercial litigation background.

Larry D. Smith

Smith comes back to RumbergerKirk from Southern Trial Counsel | PLC where he was a founding partner. For more than 30 years, he has defended complex, high exposure product liability cases for automotive and medical device and drug manufacturers, as well as primary and excess insurance companies.

Smith earned his bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with Great Honor from the University of North Alabama, and his law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law.

Jennifer Smith Thomas

Also from Southern Trial Counsel | PLC, Smith Thomas focuses her practice on product and premises liability defense, both risk management pre-suit and after litigation has been initiated, as well as commercial litigation. She serves on the Florida Bar’s Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors as a Ninth Judicial Circuit Representative and will remain active with Orange County Bar Association committee work and voluntary bar organizations.

Smith Thomas received her bachelor’s degree from Mercer University in Macon, triple-majoring in Criminal Justice, Political Science, and International Relations. She graduated from Barry University School of Law in 2008.