Mr. Smith is a highly-experienced securities lawyer, chief compliance officer, and business attorney with over 23 years of experience strengthening the legal and compliance functions of investment advisers, broker-dealers, and investment vehicles. He has also represented companies at all stages of maturity with their capital and debt raising efforts via private offerings and public offerings. He has also served as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for NorthRock Partners LLC and Virtue Capital Management LLC; Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of RIA Compliance Firm LLC, and Founder and Managing Attorney for LawVisory. He previously served as Chief Compliance Officer of Griffin Capital Company LLC and Research Affiliates LLC, where he also served as Assistant General Counsel.

Mr. Smith has many years of courtroom and trial litigation experience trying simple to serious, complex cases. In the Appellate Court, he argued before the Georgia Supreme Court in State v. Kenneth Williams (S19G0005).

Alex Smith graduated from Middletown High School in 1969. He received a BA in political science from Ohio University in 1973. He received a JD from Albany Law School in 1977, after spending two years of writing for the Albany Law Review; two of his articles were published. Alex was licensed to practice law in New York in 1978. He has since become a member of the bars of the United States Supreme Court, the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of New York. For the past 30 years, Alex has engaged in trial and appellate practice in the Federal and State courts, concentrating in the fields of civil rights, criminal, municipal and land use law. Alex is currently the part-time Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Middletown; he has been the Assistant or Corporation Counsel for Middletown since 1993. From 1996 to 2000, he was the part-time Attorney for the Town of Greenville.

Zachary H. Smith is a Partner at Burns Smith Law, P.C., where he focuses his practice on criminal defense, family law, and civil litigation. Known for his strategic courtroom advocacy and unwavering dedication to his clients, Zachary has built a reputation as a formidable trial attorney who consistently delivers results in high-stakes legal matters. With more than 75 trials to his credit, Zachary brings extensive litigation experience and proven skill to every case he handles. In 2025, he secured a $1.6 million verdict for the plaintiff in a complex water run-off civil case, demonstrating his ability to navigate intricate legal issues and achieve exceptional outcomes. That same year, he successfully argued Wright v. State, A25A0076, before the Georgia Court of Appeals, obtaining a significant appellate victory. Zachary’s excellence in the legal profession has earned him national recognition. He has been honored as one of The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and named among the Lawyers of Distinction from 2023 through 2025, reflecting his outstanding skill, integrity, and commitment to client advocacy. Zachary earned his law degree from the Claude Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern University. At Burns Smith Law, P.C., he is dedicated to providing exceptional legal representation—whether defending the accused, guiding families through sensitive matters, or litigating complex civil disputes.

Ms. Smith has worked in the legal field since 2001, but her career started in social work. Ms. Smith grew up in Burnsville, Minnesota, but relocated to Arizona to attend the University of Arizona. After graduation, Ms. Smith worked at a Domestic Violence shelter. Knowing there was something more she could do to advocate for the women and children she was working with, Ms. Smith decided to go to law school in an effort to pursue her passion of helping people in need. Ms. Smith graduated from the University of Denver College of Law in 2001 and returned to Arizona to be admitted to the Bar that fall. From 2006-2013 Ms. Smith worked as Guardian ad Litem at Maricopa County Office of the Legal Advocate, advocating for children in the custody of the Department of Child Services. In 2013, Ms. Smith started her solo practice, contracting with Maricopa County to represent parents and children in Juvenile Court. Ms. Smith also begin focusing on adoptions, including DCS, private and step-parent.