Roxann Smithers of Smithers Law Group, LLC is Your Trust 360° General Counsel. Roxann has a passion for working with entrepreneurs and business owners. She developed a nationwide practice that focuses on providing clients with the expertise, quality, and tailored legal services of Big Law for the benefit of Small and Medium size businesses. Roxann’s practice includes Business Law, Dispute Resolution, and General Counsel Services.
As a Business Attorney, Roxann regularly advises clients in corporate matters involved with running their business. That includes advising clients during contract drafting, reviews and negotiation (both private and public contracts). Roxann works with clients who seek to purchase a business, sell their business as part of an exit planning strategy, or grow their business through investors and third-party financing. In terms of Dispute Resolution, Roxann has an expertise in tackling matters in multiple state and federal jurisdictions across the country, including, breach of contract, enforcement of business covenants (competition, solicitation, and confidentiality), payment actions, and general business disputes. Roxann is well poised to draft a contract, mediate it, arbitrate it or litigate it. Finally, as General Counsel, Roxann routinely advises clients in various aspects of their businesses including formations, deal negotiations, property acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance, and compliance investigations. She ushers clients through partner exits, i.e. business divorces.
A native of Akron, OH, Roxann earned a B.A. in African-American Studies (Political Science focus) and a J.D. from Columbia University in the City of New York. She served as President of the Columbia Club of Atlanta, as well as the on Board of Directors for the Columbia University Alumni Association and the Columbia College Alumni Association. She remains on the board as the Georgia Regional Chair for the Alumni Representative Committee and a member of the Associations and Clubs Committee. Roxann is a member of the State Bar of Georgia (Business Court and Georgia Bar Journal Editorial Board) and the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys. Roxann served as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Children’s Burial Assistance, Inc. and Secretary for the Smyrna Rotary Club.
In her spare time, Roxann is an avid golfer, tennis player, swimmer, and kickboxing student who enjoys travel, literature and retail therapy. She is the proud parent of a lovable (to most people) dog, Owen. Smithers + Ume-Nwagbo, LLC is based in Atlanta, GA.