G. Murrell Smith, Jr.

G. Murrell Smith, Jr. is a co-founding member of SMITH | ROBINSON in Sumter, South Carolina. His practice includes civil litigation, medical malpractice defense, insurance defense, and governmental law. Over time, his work has expanded into complex disputes involving nursing homes, commercial litigation, business litigation, workers’ compensation, medical malpractice, and legal malpractice. His profile reflects extensive trial experience and representation of clients across South Carolina in matters requiring detailed litigation strategy and courtroom preparation.

Murrell earned a B.A. from Wofford College in 1990, studying History and Government, and a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1993. After law school, he began practicing in Sumter and also served as a part-time public defender from 1994 through 1998. That early criminal-trial experience included DUI, drug, major felony, murder, and death-penalty cases, providing a substantial courtroom foundation for his later civil-defense and complex-litigation practice.

Murrell’s civil practice developed through insurance defense, automobile claims, and medical malpractice defense before expanding into more complex litigation. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, insurance litigation, and medical malpractice defense among areas for which he has received Best Lawyers recognition. He is admitted in South Carolina, the US District Court for the District of South Carolina, and the US Supreme Court, supporting a practice that includes significant state and federal litigation matters.

G. Murrell Smith, Jr. has received extensive professional recognition, including election to the American Board of Trial Advocates and the University of South Carolina School of Law’s Compleat Lawyer Award. He got Best Lawyers recognition for commercial litigation, insurance litigation, and medical malpractice defense, including a 2026 Lawyer of the Year designation for Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants. He also serves as Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Smith Robinson Holler DuBose and Morgan, LLC
• Member, South Carolina Bar
• Member, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
• Member, Sumter County Bar
• Member, S.C. Defense Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, Association of Defense Trial Lawyers (ADTA)
• Charter Member, Pee Dee Chapter Inn of Court
• Representative, South Carolina House of Representatives (2000 – Present)
• Chairman, SC : Dec, House Ways and Means Committee (2018 – 2022)
• Chairman of Health, Human Services & Medicaid Subcommittee: -December, Health and Human Services Subcommittee (2012)
• Member, Defense Research Institute
• Member, Sumter Palmetto Rotary Club

Licensed State

• South Carolina

Education

• University of South Carolina School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Wofford College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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