Andrene Smith is a member of the Government Policy team, actively lobbying Congress on issues of importance to the insurance and financial services industries. She is part of a team that formulates legislative strategies for multinational corporations and advises clients on ethics compliance and the formation of political action committees. Her contributions are not limited to issues of political law. Ms. Smith has also worked on a variety of international litigation matters of material and political significance, including a breach of contract action under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, a federal and state antitrust action and a breach of fiduciary duty action. Additionally, Ms. Smith has lent her efforts to smaller pro bono matters, including a residential lease dispute and a personal injury case.
A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, Ms. Smith concentrated on International Trade Policy and Development. She participated in the year-long Harrison Institute for Public Law Clinic on Democracy and Trade, a team that analyzes the impact of global agreements on state and local governments and supports local initiatives to influence global institutions such as the World Trade Organization. As a member of the trade team, Ms. Smith worked with the Forum on Democracy and Trade, as well as the Rural Policy Research Institute.
During her last year at Georgetown, Ms. Smith interned at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Before working with NCSL, she volunteered with the Geneva-based Southcentre’s Trade for Development Programme. Ms. Smith aided the group’s mission by providing assistance to developing countries through research and policy analysis of the European Union’s Economic Partnership Agreements with the African, Caribbean and Pacific group countries.
An avid fan of international travel and languages, Ms. Smith was born in Jamaica and moved to New York City in her teens. She has studied in London and Paris, is proficient in French and hopes to work toward complete fluency. So far, she has traveled to France, England, Scotland, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas and the Netherlands.
Ms. Smith’s article, “A Different World: Financial Determinants of Well-Being in New Orleans in Black and White,” was published in the Symposium Issue of the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy, Our Eyes Are Watching: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Impoverished Communities.
Ms. Smith is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association, and currently serves as the Secretary of the Stanford Black Alumni Association, D.C. Chapter.