About Drake Smith

Drake Smith, Esq. is an Associate Attorney at A&S Personal Injury Lawyers (Arnold & Smith, PLLC) in Charlotte, North Carolina. A native of Union County, North Carolina, he graduated from Weddington High School.

Smith earned his undergraduate degree in Finance with a minor in Legal Studies from Winthrop University. He is admitted to the State Bar of North Carolina.

Proven verdicts and settlements at A&S Personal Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to A&S Personal Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

On May 8, 2021, a federal jury in Charlotte found former West Charlotte High School band director Duncan Gray and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools liable to a former male student for sexual harassment and assault, awarding $3 million against Gray and $7.5 million against the school system. The court later ordered a new damages trial on the school system's share, and that claim settled for an undisclosed amount in March 2022. The $3 million against Gray is the award that stood.

U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte · 2021Sexual AbuseRead the full story →
$800,000Verdict

A federal judge in Charlotte awarded two women a combined $800,000 in compensatory and punitive damages after a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer sexually assaulted them during traffic stops while on duty.

Charlotte, NC (federal court) · 2013Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Winthrop University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina

Other attorneys at A&S Personal Injury Lawyers

View firm →

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Charlotte firms

DeMayo Law Offices, LLP
DeMayo Law Offices, LLP
$12 million · A Warehouse Visit, Falling Marble Slabs, and a $12 Million Wrongful-Death Settlement
Brown Moore & Associates
Brown Moore & Associates
$6.13 Million Verdict After Hospital Discharged Chest-Pain Patient Who Died Hours Later
Elrod Pope
Elrod Pope
$10.28 Million Verdict for Worker Trapped When Trailer's Landing Gear Collapsed
Auger & Auger
Auger & Auger
$500,000 Settlement for Taxi Passenger With Broken Femurs and Brain Injury After Hit-and-Run Cab
Chandler Volta
Chandler Volta
$3 Million Settlement After Garbage Truck Runs Red Light, Kills Charlotte Driver

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.