Zachary D. Smith

The owner of his own firm located in Cincinnati, Ohio, Zachary D. Smith focuses his practice exclusively on family law matters. Providing representation to clients throughout the State of Ohio, he assists people who are facing the end of their marriage and helps them deal with such divorce-related issues such as property division, child custody and visitation, and spousal and child support. An accomplished litigator, Mr. Smith is also a trained family law mediator and has extensive experience in collaborative divorce proceedings as well. Other family law matters that Mr. Smith handles include premarital and post-marital agreements and as well as obtaining and defending protective orders for clients.

Mr. Smith attended Indiana University Bloomington as an undergraduate, where he received a Bachelor of Science in 2003. He went on to pursue his legal studies at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and was awarded his Juris Doctor in 2007. After graduation, Mr. Smith joined the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Department of Public Advocacy, where he served as an assistant public defender and obtained significant trial experience. He later entered private practice and was with a well-known Cincinnati family law firm before starting his own firm in 2015. Admitted to practice in Ohio and Kentucky, Mr. Smith is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Highly regarded by his fellow professionals, Mr. Smith has received an "AV" rating from Martindale-Hubbell, a "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo and is annually listed as on of Cincinnati's "Leading Lawyers".  Mr. Smith has also been listed by Superlawyers as a "Top 50" lawyer in Cincinnati and a "Top 100" Lawyer in Ohio. He stays abreast of current developments in his practice area as a specialist in Family Relations Law by the Ohio State Bar Association, Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and memberships in the Cincinnati Bar Association and Cincinnati Academy of Collaborative Professionals.