M. Brandon Smith is a partner with Childers, Schlueter & Smith, where his practice is devoted to pharmaceutical litigation, mass torts, product liability, and serious personal injury. Following law school, Brandon was an assistant district attorney in the Alcovy Circuit (Newton County), where he gained valuable trial experience and a desire to help individuals harmed by the careless actions of others. Today and over the last 16 years, Brandon utilizes his skills to help injured victims nationwide, and he is a frequent guest speaker at legal seminars nationwide. Brandon’s email:
Brandon is actively engaged in the following product liability and mass tort litigations:
Camp Lejeune Water Contamination
Roundup Cancer Litigation
Talcum Power
Hair Relaxer Cancer Litigation
NEC Baby Formula Litigation
Transvaginal Mesh Implants (TVM)
Hernia Mesh Implants
IVC Filters
Stryker Hip Implants
Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS/TEN)
Brandon was also recently selected again in 2025 for the thirteenth year in a row as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer in the State of Georgia by the National Trial Lawyers. This honor is reserved for America’s top trial lawyers in the Georgia who exemplify superior trial skills, abilities and results. Like his selection to Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 in years past, this honor is given by invitation only and based in part on peer nominations from fellow lawyers in the community from all over the United States.
In addition to these honors, Brandon has also recently been recognized and listed in the 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions of the Best Lawyers®. Best Lawyers® is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. A listing in Best Lawyers® is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For more than three decades, Best Lawyers® lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere. Our lists of outstanding attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.
Elected Positions and/or Appointments:
Bio-Lab, Inc. Litigation State Class Action-In Court Hearing Lead and Liaison Counsel (Rockdale Superior Court-Court Appointment)
