Carlos C. Smith

Carlos C. Smith is a Tennessee attorney with more than 40 years of experience advising individuals, businesses, utilities, and industry groups. His practice covers antitrust, corporate, healthcare, utility, telecommunications, securities, and business matters. He handles trial and appellate work, regulatory proceedings, transactions, and legislative assignments. Clients rely on his broad knowledge to address complex legal issues involving business operations, public services, and regulated industries.

Carlos earned his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He also earned his B.S. from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His education supports a long career involving legal analysis, advocacy, negotiations, and regulatory strategy. He uses that foundation to explain business, utility, antitrust, and telecommunications issues clearly while helping clients evaluate risks, comply with rules, and make informed decisions under changing market and regulatory conditions.

Carlos has represented small and medium-sized businesses as outside counsel, guiding litigation, transactions, agency matters, and general business needs. His work for utility clients spans more than three decades and includes electric, natural gas, water, wastewater, railroad, and broadband matters. He has advised major municipal utility systems, electric cooperatives, and utility associations on governance, operations, insurance, regulatory concerns, strategic legal planning, service obligations, rate structures, and public accountability systems.

Carlos C. Smith serves as general counsel to associations and utility organizations with significant public service responsibilities. His experience includes more than 40 years of representing an automotive retail group in dealership sales, acquisitions, and corporate consulting. Through regulatory work, transactions, litigation, and business counseling, he helps clients protect their operations, complete important deals, and respond effectively to legal challenges across the complex commercial and public utility sectors statewide and regionally.

Law Office Affiliations

• Member, Miller & Martin
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Chattanooga Bar Association
• Member, Tennessee Bar Association
• Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Life Fellow, Chattanooga Bar Foundation
• Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation

Licensed State

• Tennessee

Education

• University of Cincinnati College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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