About Marc Smith

Marc J. Smith is a Rockville, Maryland employment attorney and a founding member of the law firm formerly known as Smith, Lease & Goldstein, LLC. In 2018, after 18 years managing Smith, Lease & Goldstein, LLC’s employment counseling and litigation practice, Marc launched his own boutique practice, the Law Office of Marc J. Smith, LLC, where he continues to focus exclusively on the employment law arena, representing both employers and employees throughout the State of Maryland, Washington D.C. and other jurisdictions.

Marc is licensed to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Georgia, and has been admitted to practice before a number of federal courts. A Montgomery County native, Marc attended Woodward High School in Rockville and is a 1990 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law School. Marc is in his 30th year of practice as an employment attorney.

Marc spent the first seven years of his legal career as an associate with Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, a large Atlanta-based firm where he was a member of the firm’s employment practice. While working in Atlanta, Marc obtained invaluable training counseling regional and national employers and handling complex employment litigation matters throughout the country on behalf of employers such as Northwest Airlines, GTE, HBO & Company, and Fannie Mae. Following his relocation to the D.C. area, Marc has represented both employers and employees in a diverse array of employment law and litigation matters throughout the State of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and other jurisdictions.

Marc has been regularly recognized as a Maryland and Washington D.C. “Super Lawyer” in the field of employment law, holding this distinction in 2007 and 2015-2021.