Stephanie Smith

Stephanie Smith is a partner with Grid Legal, LLP in Del Mar, California. A top-ranked lawyer and emerging leader in her field, Ms. Smith provides unmatched counsel and support to a diverse range of clients throughout San Diego County and across the state to developers, businesses, and homeowners on the following:·       Land use, environmental review, and government relations·       Boundary disputes, easements, and title claims·       Real estate and business transactionsAs an attorney, Ms. Smith regularly advises her clients on real property issues, including sales and leases, developments, land use and zoning, and land use opinion letters. She has extensive experience handling complex boundary disputes and easement issues, and she has gained a reputation for her in-depth legal knowledge as well as her unwavering commitment to helping her clients achieve their goals and the favorable outcomes they seek as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.Her client base has ranged from private homeowners to developers and real estate investors to business and commercial clients, and she has received numerous testimonials and referrals from those she has served. She has also received designation as being among the top 2.5% of lawyers in her region, and she has gained invaluable experience with how local governments and municipalities handle complex land use projects.A 2005 graduate of the University of Washington, where she was a dean's scholar, Ms. Smith attended Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, where she obtained her Juris Doctor, cum laude in 2010. While there, she served as editor for the Pepperdine Law Review as well as a faculty research assistant.She is an active member Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) and serves as a mayoral appointment on the Mission Bay Park Committee. She also holds her license as a real estate broker in California.