Elizabeth Smith represents clients injured by corporate wrongdoing, with an emphasis on anti-terrorism, human rights, tobacco, and public client litigation.
Her current practice includes representing government entities in litigation targeting the alleged deceptive marketing and over-distribution of highly addictive opioids, as well as people alleging harm by tobacco products. She also represents the 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism multidistrict litigation aiming to bankrupt financiers of al Qaeda and other terrorist groups.
Elizabeth’s role in litigation involving the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks has included representing numerous families at hearings before the Victim Compensation Fund with Special Master Kenneth Feinberg and litigating aviation liability cases. She also has experience with personal injury and consumer protection cases, including vehicle defect cases, asbestos litigation, medical device cases, and lead paint poisoning lawsuits, and has managed client relations, research and discovery, and trial preparation for various litigation teams.
As an undergraduate student, Elizabeth completed a Middle East and Africa Foreign Study Program, and traveled from Kenya to Israel. While in law school, she served on the editorial board of the ABA Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal. After graduation, Elizabeth was a law clerk for the Honorable Diane S. Goodstein, Circuit Court Judge of the First Judicial Circuit for South Carolina. She is recognized as a BV rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell .
* Please remember that every case is different. Any result we achieve for one client in one matter does not necessarily indicate similar results can be obtained for other clients.
Awards, Accolades & Recognitions
Lawdragon
2019-2025 Lawdragon 500 Plaintiff Financial Lawyers
Anti-Terrorism, Aviation, Public Client, Transportation
Best Lawyers
Washington, DC
2025-2026 Mass tort litigation / class actions-plaintiffs
Blog Posts
September 11, 2025
9/11 Families Pass Another Step Toward Their Day in Court Against Saudi Arabia
by: Jodi Westbrook Flowers
September 11, 2023
For more than two decades since September 11, 2001 attacks, the struggle for justice continues
by: Jodi Westbrook Flowers
September 9, 2021
Twenty years after September 11, 2001: Major Milestones Causes, Not Just Cases
by: Jodi Westbrook Flowers
News
April 28, 2025
The history and legacy of Workers’ Memorial Day
by:
M. Nolan Webb
September 21, 2022
West Virginia reaches preliminary settlement with Walmart, CVS Pharmacy chains ahead of opioid trial
by: Motley Rice
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