Daniel D. Smith, Esq.

Smith Pugh & Nelson, PLC
161 Fort Evans Road, NE, Suite 345
Leesburg, VA 20176
Tel: (703) 777-6084
(Not accepting new cases)

Gammon & Grange, Of Counsel
8280 Greensboro Drive, Suite 140
McLean, VA 22102-3807
Tel: (703) 873-7349 | (866) 896-7682
(Not accepting new cases)

Areas of Practice:
Tax, Trust, and Estate Planning
Trust and Estate Litigation
Probate
General Business and Corporate Law

Bar Admissions:
Virginia, 1969
District of Columbia, 1973
Maryland, 1996 - 2022
U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1973
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1976
U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1990
U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1973
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1979
U.S. Tax Court, 1979 
Virginia Supreme Court, 1969
U.S. Supreme Court, 1973

Education:
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., Charlottesville, Virginia, 1969
Indiana University, B.A., Bloomington, Indiana, 1966

Published Works:
Uses of Trusts: When? And Why?, Virginia Committee on Legal Education, Virginia Law Foundation, 1997
Uses of Trusts: When? And Why?, Virginia Committee on Legal Education, Virginia Law Foundation, 1996
Trusts: A Basic Course, Virginia Committee on Legal Education, Virginia Law Foundation, 1995
Estate Planning, (Co-Author), Continuing Professional Education, 1993
Estate Planning and Probate in Virginia, National Business Institute, Inc., 1992
Conservation Easements and Historic Preservation - A Primer on the Law, Virginia Committee on Legal Education, Virginia Law Foundation, 1990
Advanced Estate Planning Techniques in Virginia, National Business Institute, 1989

Law School Faculty and Administration Experience:
International School of Law (Now George Mason School of Law)

  • Founding Administrative Dean, 1972 - 1978

  • Associate Professor, Acting Dean of the Law School

U.S. Military Service
U.S. Marine Corps, 1969 - 1972 Officer

Community Service
Joni & Friends Board Member, 2020 - Present
Young Life of Loudoun County, Founding Chairman
Christian Businessmen's Committee of Leesburg, Founding Chairman
M.E. Foundation Board Member
Life Line, Inc. Founding Director
Fletcher Trust & Loudoun Hospital Pension Fund, Chairman and Trustee
Prison Fellowship, 1976 - 1986, Founding Director and General Counsel
Loudoun Vocational Education Fund, 1990 - 1991, Founding General Counsel
Loudoun Healthcare Foundation, 1992 - 1993, Founding Trustee & Chairman
Riverside Foundation, President

Past Employment Positions:
Jordon Coyne Savits, Of Counsel, 1986 - 1997

Languages:
English, German