Lucy Banks Smith

Motley Rice

Lucy Banks Smith is an associate at Motley Rice where she represents people harmed by defective medical devices and toxic chemicals contained in consumer products.

Lucy Banks graduated from the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law where she completed the Children’s Law Concentration program and was awarded the Tanya A. Gee Warriors for Justice Award by USC’s School of Law for her involvement in the Juvenile Justice Clinic.

Lucy Banks began her legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Justice John C. Few of the South Carolina Supreme Court. She is a former Motley Rice law clerk and gained additional experience throughout law school clerking for the S.C. House of Representatives and during her summer clerkships at a large litigation firm and an insurance defense firm based in South Carolina.

Lucy Banks works in Motley Rice’s Charleston office and is a part of the firm’s litigation team that represents people who have been harmed by toxic chemicals in commonly used weed killers like Paraquat as well as other consumer products. Among others, Lucy Banks is actively involved in and working on the Hair Relaxer Litigation MDL filed in the Northern District Court of Illinois.