Brig Smith,
City Attorney,
ph.517-483-4320
Office of the City Attorney
Welcome to our website. The Office of the City Attorney serves as a public "law firm" for the City of Lansing. Our goal is to equal or exceed the legal abilities of any respected private law firm in the State and to be the best possible "law firm" to the City.
Thank you for visiting our website. If you cannot find what you need here, please contact me personally.
Sincerely,
Brig Smith
City Attorney
City Attorney Serving as Adjunct Professor of Law
Who's The Boss?
City attorney Brig Smith has been named an Adjunct Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law. He is teaching Complex Civil Litigation for the Spring Semester, where he focuses on case studies like the toxic tort litigation featured in the movie "A Civil Action," as well as case studies drawn from his own experience.
Course links are available here http://www.law.msu.edu/faculty_staff/profile.php?prof=673 and here http://www.law.msu.edu/academics/course_desc.php?cid=173.
The Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical and Clinical Law has published City Attorney Brig Smith's law review article, "Who's The Boss? Deciding Who the Client Is When You're a City Attorney [PDF]."
The article weighs the practical, political, and ethical considerations at play when you are responsible both to the Mayor and the City Council, but at the end of the day have as your client the City itself.
