Law 2025: SMITH, BROOKS M.

In 2019, Smith was named managing partner of the Richmond offiCEOf the firm that was then Troutman Sanders.

In 2020, its name changed to Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders following a merger. In January, the firm completed another merger, this time with Texas-based Locke Lord, becoming Troutman Pepper Locke.

Smith oversees over 150 attorneys working in numerous practice areas, including the strategies group, which is the firm’s full-service government relations subsidiary. Smith also helps lead the firm’s environmental and natural resources practice group.

Additionally, he serves as water and solid waste regulation legal counsel for the Virginia Manufacturers Association, directs environmental affairs in Virginia and West Virginia for the Metallurgical Coal Producers Association and is legal counsel to the Corporate Environmental Enforcement Council.

A University of Richmond and Vermont Law and Graduate School alumnus, Smith is a member of the boards of ChamberRVA, the Library of Virginia Foundation and the Richmond Jazz Society, among others. He has made Thomson Reuters Stand-Out Lawyers list from 2023 through 2025.

WHAT I DO FOR FUN: I’ve run six marathons, four ultras and have … lined up my first attempt at a half Ironman.

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