About Luke Smith

Luke Smith graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law with a concentration in Business Transactions and now works for Kirkland & Ellis. Smith is the Editor-in-Chief of Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law, and recently co-authored an article titled "Perfect Civil Enforcement? Litigation Financing in the Wake of Gawker Media v. Bollea." Academically, Smith has focused almost exclusively on business law, with a particular emphasis in bankruptcy and restructuring, transactional tax planning, and corporate finance.
Smith's legal work experience includes clerking for a summer at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. He also worked for 8 months in-house at a Department of Energy Prime Contractor, assisting the Legal Department on issues involving government contracting and real estate law,  and also assisting the Technology Transfer Department with the creation, maintenance, and commercialization of the company's intellectual property portfolio.
Prior to law school, Smith attended the University of Chicago where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and was a member of the varsity football team. While an undergraduate, Smith taught English and traveled in India and Europe, and also worked at a boutique real estate development consulting firm. Between his undergraduate studies and law school, Smith worked as a production assistant at Jupiter Entertainment.