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About Debra Smith      Debra A. Smith fully understands the arts of advocacy and persuasion that are crucial to the presentation of winning cases at trial.  She has represented defendants in high stakes cases, both state and federal, and has more than a 90% win rate at jury trial.      Debra Smith is a member of the California State Bar and is an advocate on the issue of Domestic Violence and its effects on the family.  Debra A. Smith is a licensed attorney in California and New Mexico and has been specially admitted to handle cases in five other states (Texas, Tennessee, Ohio, Nevada, Arizona). She is a member of the prestigious Million Dollar Advocates Forum admissible only to attorneys who have tried cases with verdicts of over one million dollars ($1,000,000)."      Many years dealing with real life situations and families has made her understanding and compassionate and able to assist clients in obtaining positive outcomes in their legal dealings. She has successfully handled numerous marital dissolution cases, including cases involving millions of dollars in assets, severe domestic violence issues, and contested custody matters. “Debra helped me get through a very rough time in my life…”      Her firm provides competitive legal representation through its use of the latest computer technology, up-to-the-minute case law, and electronic communications, yet still enjoys the one-to-one communication between client and attorney available only in smaller, more personalized firms.      With Debra Smith, you have an attorney on your side who has years of courtroom experience, who understands the nature and effects of physical and verbal abuse, and who knows how to get her clients out of a bad situation and on to a better future. Ms. Smith has practiced for over twenty-two years in the Riverside County and Inland Empire area courts. She is familiar with local rules and procedures and has worked routinely with each of the family law judges, and most of the practicing family law attorney's in the area. Her years of experience, her knowledge of the local judges and attorneys, and the credibility she has established in each of these courts and with other lawyers, gives her client's an important advantage when their cases are either presented for hearing in court, or negotiated and settled through counsel prior to trial.      If you have an ongoing family law or domestic violence matter, feel free to contact our office for a free, confidential attorney telephone conference and case evaluation (951) 780-5300. PROFILE Practice Areas:       Family Law, Domestic Violence, Juvenile Dependency             Admitted:                 1986 – California, 1998 – New Mexico Law School:             Southland University, Los Angeles, J.D., 1985 College:                    California State College, Bakersfield, CA Member:                   Riverside County and American Bar Associations                                    State Bar of California                                    (Advisory Panel, Domestic Violence Committee)                                    State Bar of New Mexico Biography:                Million Dollar Advocates Forum ISLN:                         903629407