Allen David Smith

Allen Smith is third generation Fayetteville, North Carolina. His grandfather was the manager of Sears in downtown Fayetteville for 35 years. His Dad Ritchie Smith is the founding Partner of Smith Dickey Dempster. Allen was born at Cape Fear Valley Hospital (now medical center) in 1961. He attended public schools in Fayetteville and graduated from Terry Sanford Senior High School.  He received his undergraduate degree in 1984 from the University of North Carolina. He then graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law School in 1987, where he joined his fathers law practice in Fayetteville. For over 28 years, he has focused on helping those injured by the negligence of others and in workplace injuries. He has also served as state counsel for the National Home School Legal Defense Association.  Allen’s long-time ties to the community give him a great advantage in understanding the local issues that pop up in litigation, including local knowledge and expertise in knowing local juries in a way that is most effectively done by local attorneys with close ties and long-time experience in the local community and the local legal community.   Allen and Andy Dempster are the senior Partners in the law firm and have been practicing together for over 25 years; and their skill sets complement each other to give our clients a full breadth of legal and local experience and expertise.

Throughout his legal career, Allen has handled complex and complicated tort litigation, leading to multiple recoveries on behalf of clients in excess of one million dollars. He also handles small cases and treats them with just as much enthusiasm and energy as his bigger cases. He has vast experience litigating serious brain injury cases, and back, neck, and other debilitating injuries.   Allen has handled serious injury cases involving the largest employers in Cumberland County and outside the County, including The City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County (including the school system), Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Walmart, Purolator, Black & Decker, the multiple poultry plants in the area,  and Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.

Allen also covers SSD and SSDI.  Moreover, the firm has handled hundreds of Social Security Disability (SSD) cases for over 35 years in southeastern North Carolina appearing before Administrative Law Judges from hearing offices throughout North and South Carolina. Allen regularly attends state and national conventions to keep our knowledge of SSD laws current. Disability claims are decided in a very complex system of regulations and time frames and are frustrating for the claimants who must deal with the delays and technical rules.  Allen’s long background in medical litigation is of great benefit to him in assisting disabled persons recover the social security benefits they are entitled to. This area of law touches the lives of people who really need help, and Allen takes the extra care and time needed to maximize his client’s chances of success and recovery.  Allen Smith is the right attorney to guide you through the SSD maze. 

Allen believes in honest, aggressive, straightforward advocacy for his clients. Call him for a free consultation today. 

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Areas Of Practice

• Personal Injury / Motor Vehicle Collisions. Complex medical litigation
• Workers Compensation
• Social Security Disability

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 1987
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1987

Education

• University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • J.D. – 1987
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
  • B.S. – 1984
  • Major: Political Science
  • Minor: History