PAUL C. SMITH
Senior Counsel
Paul C. Smith is an AV® PreeminentTM-rated attorney and Northern California Super Lawyer (2005-2010, 2019-2025). His practice focuses on real estate, land use and related civil litigation. Mr. Smith appears regularly in court and before county and city boards and commissions on behalf of those seeking to obtain, or to oppose, land use approvals. He also handles construction, boundary and neighbor disputes. His litigation style is generally pragmatic and solutions-oriented.
While in law school, Mr. Smith was a writer and editor for the Pacific Law Journal and served the California Supreme Court as an extern for Justice David N. Eagleson. He began his career in Sacramento, California, first at Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard and later at Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott. He also was general counsel to Navis Corporation, an international software company based in Oakland, California. Mr. Smith joined Keegin Harrison in 1998 and became a partner in 2002.
A Marin County native, Mr. Smith was mayor of Tiburon for 2006. He was elected to the Tiburon Town Council in 2003 and served on the Tiburon Design Review Board and Planning Commission. He is also a former co-chair of the real property section of the Marin County Bar Association. He is married, with two children.
Practice Areas:
Real Estate • Land Use
Juris Doctor:
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1988
Editor, Pacific Law Journal
Bachelor of Arts:
University of California, Los Angeles, 1982
Member:
State Bar of California
Admitted to Practice:
All California state courts
United States District Court
(Northern and Eastern Districts, California)
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Practice Areas:
Real Estate • Land Use • Civil Litigation • Environmental Law
Paul C. Smith is an AV® PreeminentTM-rated attorney and Northern California Super Lawyer (2005-2010, 2019-2025). His practice focuses on real estate, land use and related civil litigation. Mr. Smith appears regularly in court and before county and city boards and commissions on behalf of those seeking to obtain, or to oppose, land use approvals. He also handles construction, boundary and neighbor disputes. His litigation style is generally pragmatic and solutions-oriented.
While in law school, Mr. Smith was a writer and editor for the Pacific Law Journal and served the California Supreme Court as an extern for Justice David N. Eagleson. He began his career in Sacramento, California, first at Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard and later at Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott. He also was general counsel to Navis Corporation, an international software company based in Oakland, California. Mr. Smith joined Keegin Harrison in 1998 and became a partner in 2002.
A Marin County native, Mr. Smith was mayor of Tiburon for 2006. He was elected to the Tiburon Town Council in 2003 and served on the Tiburon Design Review Board and Planning Commission. He is also a former co-chair of the real property section of the Marin County Bar Association. He is married, with two children.
Juris Doctor:
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1988
Editor, Pacific Law Journal
Bachelor of Arts:
University of California, Los Angeles, 1982
Member:
State Bar of California
Admitted to Practice:
All California state courts
United States District Court
(Northern and Eastern Districts, California)
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit