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Trey Smith is a Partner at Gentry Locke who focuses his practice on the representation of individuals and families effected by catastrophic loss. Over his 30 plus years with Gentry Locke, Trey has taken to trial cases involving medical malpractice, products liability, premises liability, private and commercial motor vehicle accidents, defamation, malicious prosecution, and toxic exposure, among others.

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  • If you weren’t practicing law, what career would you have pursued?

    Veterinary medicine.

  • When you leave work, what do you enjoy doing most?

    Planning and experiencing the next adventure. I like to be outside, in the mountains, in the woods, on the water, and anywhere on a bike.

  • What important step in your morning routine do you try to never skip?

    Set the coffee, so that I can wake-up to the smell of fresh-brewed.

  • What’s on your bucket list?

    Heli-skiing in Alaska, an extended European trip with Lisa and riding my bike cross-country (but not necessarily in that order!).

Education

  • College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D.
  • University of Virginia, B.A.

Experience

  • 2.75 million dollar verdict (with interest) in federal court in Western District of Virginia on behalf of young man who died after physician negligently failed to diagnose pulmonary embolism
  • 2 million dollar verdict in cardiac-perforation case in City of Richmond
  • 1 million dollar verdict in Tazewell County, Virginia in case involving the failure to diagnose colon cancer
  • Successfully represented parents of 27 year old, mentally handicapped client who died of complications of pneumonia less than 3 weeks after admission to a State rehabilitation facility
  • Successfully represented 87 year old female at trial who, when undergoing surgery to repair her fractured hip, awoke to find that the doctor pinned and plated the wrong hip
  • Represented optometrist in federal court asserting RICO claims against former employees and office manager who misappropriated her patient list and solicited her patients to the practice of a competing optometrist
  • Represented restaurant owner in federal court contract action against national insurance company which denied fire loss coverage subsequent to accidental fire which destroyed steakhouse in Winston Salem, N.C.
  • Represented parents of 53 year old, incompetent man who sustained numerous falls at defendant rehabilitation facility resulting in severely comminuted knee fracture and permanent loss of mobility
  • Represented family of 41 year old coal miner killed while operating a remotely controlled, continuous miner manufactured by Joy Mining, Inc.
  • Drafted Brief Amicus Curiae for VTLA in matter of Bostic v. Kuney which was successfully appealed to Virginia Supreme Court

Affiliations

  • President, The Ted Dalton American Inn of Court (2019-2021)
  • Member, Etheridge Society
  • Board of Governors, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (2016-Present)
  • Member, American Association for Justice

Awards

  • Designated as one of the Legal Elite by Virginia Business magazine (2006)
  • Named a “Go-To” Lawyer by Virginia Lawyers Weekly in the area of Medical Malpractice (2022)

Case Studies

The results of client matters depend on a variety of factors unique to each matter. Past successes do not predict or guarantee future successes.
Charles H. Smith Virginia attorney
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