Smith, Welch,
Webb & White

Smith, Welch, Webb & White is the law firm of choice for cities, counties, and government entities all over the state. We litigate local government issues and provide legal advice to local governments from southwest Georgia to northeast Georgia, and places in between.

For over two decades, our attorneys have represented government agencies, government clients, school boards, and local authorities. We thoroughly understand all aspects of local governing bodies, education law, and water and sewer delivery. We pay close attention to and understand the interplay among the practical, political, fiscal, administrative, and legal aspects of government officials at the local level. We also understand the ins and outs of state government and agency regulation. As a result, our legal professionals often assist local governments in need of resolution with state agencies.

Depending on your needs, we can serve as corporate counsel, general counsel, or special counsel on a case-by-case or issue-by-issue basis. As corporate counsel, we advise and defend the day-to-day legal issues that local governments, boards, and authorities routinely face such as employment law policy and ordinance drafting, contracting, employment, workers’ compensation, disciplinary actions, litigation defense, appellate practice, state administrative agency compliance, and levying or collecting taxes.

Often, local governments hire us as special counsel to work with county attorneys and city attorneys to litigate against other local governments regarding Service Delivery Strategies (SDS), Local Option Sales Tax (LOST), Special Purpose Local Option Sales Taxes (SPLOST), just to name a few. Or we may be retained to simply advise on such matters or to assist with state regulatory compliance issues.