Louise N. Smith is an associate at Barrett & Farahany LLP, an employment law firm in Atlanta, Ga. Smith is a 2011 graduate of Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law in Macon, Ga. While in law school Smith took several courses in labor and employment law and received the CALI Award in Employment Discrimination. Smith worked as a research assistant for Professor Linda Berger and as a teaching assistant in Legal Analysis, a required 1L course. Smith also worked as a judicial extern for the Honorable Judge Philip Brown of the Bibb County Superior Court and as a summer associate at James, Bates, Pope & Spivey LLP, a large civil defense firm in Macon, Ga. Smith earned a Master of Arts degree in Communication and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Auburn University in Auburn, Al. She is married to William J. Smith, a 2011 JD/MBA graduate of Mercer University, and is the proud mother of Alana Maree Smith, who recently turned three.