Butler Snow attorney Denver N. Smith was recently named to the Charleston Business Magazine’s 2025 Legal Elite list. Awardees of South Carolina’s Legal Elite list are chosen by members of the South Carolina Bar. The Legal Elite list is featured in the August 2025 publications across South Carolina, including: Columbia Business Monthly, Greenville Business Magazine, Charleston Business Magazine, B2B: The Grand Strand, and B2B: Pee Dee Business.
Denver N. Smith
Smith is a member of Butler Snow’s Tort, Transportation and Specialized Litigation group. He enjoys using his analytical skills to help clients achieve their legal, professional, and business development goals. Smith strives to bring innovation into the legal community by challenging outdated principles that unreasonably inhibit client success. He is a frequent presenter and author on various litigation topics, including his contribution to Butler Snow’s 2024 Litigation Update.
Smith is a member of the South Carolina Bar and Defense Research Institute (DRI), where he was named 2024-2025 Chair of the Young Lawyers Substantive Law Liaison Committee. He is also active in the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Charleston Young Professionals organization and serves on the Board of Directors for the Palmetto Society of Human Resources Management.
Smith earned his bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Coastal Carolina University and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina. During law school, he was a Judicial Extern for Justice Kaye Hearn of the South Carolina Supreme Court.