Butler Snow attorney N. Denver Smith has been selected to serve on the DRI Young Lawyers’ Steering Committee. He will serve as Chair of the Substantive Law Liaison Committee for 2024-2025.
DRI is the largest international membership organization of attorneys defending the interests of business and individuals in civil litigation. The DRI Young Lawyers Steering Committee is responsible for overseeing the operations of DRI’s Young Lawyers division, a program created for lawyers in their first ten years of practice that provides several resources such as practical workshops and educational seminars.
Smith is a member of Butler Snow’s Tort, Transportation and Specialized Litigation group. With a background in artificial intelligence studies and private sector security, he enjoys using the analytical skills he has learned to help clients achieve their legal, professional, and business development goals. Smith strives to bring innovation into the legal community by challenging outdated principles that unreasonably inhibit client success. He has presented and written extensively on the use of AI in litigation, including his contribution to Butler Snow’s 2024 Litigation Update.
Smith is a member of the South Carolina Bar and Defense Research Institute (DRI). He also is active in the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Charleston Young Professionals organization and serves on the Board of Directors for the Palmetto Society of Human Resources Management.
Smith earned his bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Coastal Carolina University and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina. During law school, he was a Judicial Extern for Justice Kaye Hearn of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
