Alfred Smith Recognized as a 2023 Legal Visionary

Alfred Smith was recognized by the Los Angeles Times B2B publishing group as a “Legal Visionary” in its annual Business of Law supplement. Alfred is among 101 of the “very best” attorneys in the Los Angeles region who were recognized in the supplement. The publication noted that Alfred is “chair of Nossaman’s Water Group [and] a recognized expert in water, environmental, transportation and public agency law…. A graduate of the Harvard Law School, he has successfully litigated multiple water rights adjudications and secured more than $750 million worth of contamination settlements in favor of his clients.” 

To close the profile on Alfred, the Times noted that he is a “trusted advisor on matters involving water rights, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, Colorado River and Pueblo rights, recycled water, water resource development, contamination remediation, groundwater adjudications, water transfers, desalination, conjunctive use, climate change and environmental regulatory compliance… [and] is an expert on all aspects of public agency governance and operations. He has successfully litigated at all levels."