Christopher Smith

Christopher Smith is a trial attorney with over 20 years’ experience representing clients in a wide variety of litigation matters. Before joining Germer in 2019, Christopher primarily represented individuals injured by the negligence of others. Christopher graduated from Baylor University in 1992 with a B.A. in Philosophy before earning another B.A. in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin in 1994. While at UT, Christopher served as the sports editor for The Daily Texan. Christopher earned his law degree from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1997.

Mr. Smith primarily represented plaintiffs in a wide variety of personal injury litigation before joining Germer, including automobile accidents, premises liability, medical malpractice, construction accidents, trucking accidents, DTPA and consumer cases, first-party insurance claims including wind and flood claims, environmental claims, property damage claims, products liability cases, dram shop cases, FELA claims, railroad crossing accidents, and maritime claims. Christopher was selected a Super Lawyer Rising Star in the years 2006, 2008, and 2009 and has an A/V Preeminent rating with Martindale-Hubbell. He is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a Life-Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an organization whose membership is limited to those who have made recoveries in cases where the client’s share is over $2,000,000.