The Daily Journal has named Logan Smith of McNamara Smith LLP to its 2021 list of Top White Collar Lawyers in California. The list honors only a small number of the best white collar defense attorneys in California. The Daily Journal, California’s leading legal newspaper, selects attorneys for this list, based on a variety of factors, including clientele, experience, reputation, and success.
The full profile of Mr. Smith by the Daily Journal is available here. It highlights recent cases, including Mr. Smith’s representation of Margaret Hunter, who received a probationary sentence with home confinement after providing extraordinary cooperation. Mr. Smith also discusses how he first began defending individuals in government investigations after graduating from Harvard Law School and clerking for U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle in Washington DC.
In 2017, Mr. Smith formed the litigation boutique, McNamara Smith LLP, in San Diego, California, with his long-time friend, Thomas W. McNamara, who served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in San Diego for many years prior to entering private practice. The firm specializes in white collar defense, government investigations, and litigation for individuals and companies and was recently named as a Tier 1 law firm for the San Diego region by U.S. News – Best Lawyers in the category of Criminal Defense: White Collar. Since 2013, Mr. Smith has been an adjunct faculty member at California Western School of Law, where he teaches practical legal skills and legal writing to second year law students.