About Roy
Roy is proactive in his approach to cases from the minute a file is referred. He makes an early analysis as to liability and damages and then works with the client to determine the best and most cost-effective strategy toward a favorable resolution, appropriate dismissal motion or trial of the case.Professional AffiliationsALFA InternationalAmerican Bar AssociationAssociation of Transport Law, Tort and Insurance Practice CommitteeClaims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)Defense Research InstituteLawyers for Civil JusticeMississippi Bar AssociationMississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Past Member Board of DirectorsBar Association of the Fifth Federal CircuitHonors & Awards 2014 Mississippi Business Journal, Leadership in Law - Top Ten RecipientBest Lawyers in America®Insurance LawProduct Liability Litigation - DefendantsProfessional Malpractice Law - DefendantsMartindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent® RatedMid-South Super Lawyers - Personal Injury - Products: Defense, 2014Top Rated Lawyer, Personal Injury DefenseCurrent President, Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A.RecognitionsSeventeen Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A., Attorneys Named 2015 Best Lawyers and Two Named Lawyer of the Year2014 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars AnnouncedRoy A. Smith, Jr., Named 2014 Mississippi Business Journal "Top Ten" Leadership in Law Recipient
Roy is proactive in his approach to cases from the minute a file is referred. He makes an early analysis as to liability and damages and then works with the client to determine the best and most cost-effective strategy toward a favorable resolution, appropriate dismissal motion or trial of the case.
ALFA International
American Bar Association
Association of Transport Law, Tort and Insurance Practice Committee
Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
Defense Research Institute
Lawyers for Civil Justice
Mississippi Bar Association
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Past Member Board of Directors
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
2014 Mississippi Business Journal, Leadership in Law - Top Ten Recipient
Best Lawyers in America®
Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent® Rated
Mid-South Super Lawyers - Personal Injury - Products: Defense, 2014
Top Rated Lawyer, Personal Injury Defense
Current President, Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A.
Practice Areas
Education
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Jackson, MS (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, Jackson, MS (2023)
- Lawyer of the Year: Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, Jackson, MS (2021)
- Lawyer of the Year: Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, Jackson, MS (2019)
- Lawyer of the Year: Insurance Law, Jackson, MS (2018)
- Lawyer of the Year: Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, Jackson, MS (2017)
- Recognized: Insurance Law
- Recognized: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Recognized: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Recognized: Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Practice Area: Litigation - Construction