Mr. Smith is a member of the Hinkle Law Firm LLC in Wichita, Kansas, where he has practiced employee benefits law for the past 20+ years. Mr. Smith received his law degree with honors from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1988. He is listed in Best Lawyers and in Chambers and Partners. He is also a member of the Gulf Coast Area TE/GE Council and has taught employee benefits law as an adjunct professor at the University of Kansas School of Law.