Brent H. Smith

Brent H. Smith is the 'Smith' in Baum Smith LLC -- the La Grande successor firm to Mautz Baum & O'Hanlon. He was admitted to the Oregon Bar in 2006 and is also admitted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon and the Ninth Circuit. He graduated from the University of Utah College of Law after undergraduate work at Southern Utah University. His practice focuses on civil trial work and mediation; he has tried cases in eight Eastern Oregon counties.

In 2012, Smith ran in the Republican primary for Oregon House District 58 -- the seat Ray Baum previously held -- and raised more than $7,000 (including $1,703.60 in in-kind contributions from the Baum Smith & Eyre firm). He lost to incumbent Bob Jenson. In September 2019 he applied for a vacancy on the Oregon State Bar Board of Governors, Region 1.

The Baum Dynasty dossier reports Smith is married to a woman named Jeannette, described as Ray Baum's niece -- which, if confirmed, would make Baum Smith LLC a family alliance. This familial link is flagged for verification in the corpus; the partnership and political history are documented, but the specific kinship has not yet been independently confirmed.