Christopher M. Smith
Of Counsel
Business Law

Practice Area And Professional Expertise

• Mr. Smith joined the law firm of Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP as a Pension Plan Compliance Consultant in 2009.
  
  
• He has extensive ERISA experience, providing plan design and documentation, compliance reporting requirements and plan communication documents.
  
  
• Mr. Smith serves as a Principal, Director of Compliance Services for Flexible Benefit Systems, Inc., where his practice focuses on benefit plan design and management services

Publications
Editor, Benefits Insider, monthly publication sponsored by Worldwide Employee Benefits           Network (WEB)

Education
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. (LL.M., Taxation, Certificate in           Employment Benefits Law, 2001)
Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, Ada, Ohio (J.D., 2000)
Kent University, Kent, Ohio (B.A., 1994)

Courts & Bar Associations
Ohio Bar (2000)
Member: Ohio Bar Association

Professional & Civic Affiliations
Board Member: Worldwide Employee Benefits Network (WEB) – Cleveland Chapter
Board Member: ASPPA Benefits Council of Cleveland
Board of Trustees: Project LEARN of Medina County
Tutor: Project LEARN of Medina County