Roger W. Smith Jr.

Roger W. Smith, Jr., was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended the Raleigh public schools. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of North Carolina in 1991. After college, Mr. Smith moved to Wyoming where, during a period of about two years, he learned to hand-make rough white-pine furniture in the Western tradition. He returned to North Carolina and co-founded Appalachian Designs, a company through which he continued to manufacture and market this furniture. In the fall of 1996, Mr. Smith entered the Norman A. Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University. During law school, he received the book award in the Trial Advocacy Program, was named to the School's National Trial Team, and was inducted into the Order of Kivett. He received his law degree in 1999 and joined Tharrington Smith that year. He has been recognized by The National Advocacy for DUI Defense as the top 100 DWI Attorneys in North Carolina for 2014, Recognized by National Trial Lawyers top 100 National Trial Attorneys for 2014. Business magazine, Legal Elite for 2014. Mr. Smith is a member of the Wake County Bar Association and its membership directory committee, the Wake County Academy of Criminal Trial Lawyers, the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the American Bar Association, and the American Judicature Society. He and his wife, Leigh Ann Smith, have three children. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Roger W. Smith Jr. included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Order of Kivett "Rising Star" by North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine, 2009 The National Advocacy for DUI Defense Top 100 DWI attorney in North Carolina, 2014 The National Trial Attorneys Top 100 National Trial attorneys, 2014 Business Magazine Legal Elite, 2014 Book award in the Trial Advocacy Program Best Lawyers in America, Non-White Collar Criminal Defense Section, 2016 - 2018 AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell, 2016 Best Lawyers in America, DUI DWI Defense Section, 2018 - 2020 Best Lawyers in America, DUI DWI Defense Section Lawyer of the Year for Raleigh, 2020 - Present Other Sources of Feedback About Roger W. Smith Jr. Included on the 2026North Carolina Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2024 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2023 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2022 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2021 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2020 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2019 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2010 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2009 North Carolina Super Lawyers list

• Attorney

• North Carolina, 1999

• Wake County Bar Association (Member)
• Membership Directory Committee, Wake County Bar Association (Member)
• Wake County Academy of Criminal Trial Lawyers (Member)
• North Carolina Bar Association (Member)
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice (Member)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• American Judicature Society (Member)