Laura Smith

Laura L. Smith is counsel in the Dallas office of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, where she concentrates her practice on commercial bankruptcy. She regularly represents debtors, lenders, creditors and trustees under chapters 11 and 7. Ms. Smith’s practice also includes litigation and adversary proceedings. She has experience representing lessors, landlords, financial institutions, official committees and trustees in chapter 11 and chapter 7 bankruptcy cases. Ms. Smith is chair of the International Womens’ Insolvency& Restructuring Confederation and a member of The Honorable John C. Ford American Inn of Court and the DFW Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers. She previously clerked for Hon. Stacey G. C.Jernigan of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. Ms. Smith received her B.S.summa cum laude from Boston University and her J.D. cum laude from Southern Methodist University, where she competed on its Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court team.