Whitney Smith, Esq.

At Vaughn Law, Whitney’s practice focuses on real estate litigation, guiding clients through property disputes, landlord-tenant conflicts, and related legal challenges. She also handles select transactional work, including drafting contracts and leases, ensuring her clients have secure and effective agreements in place to support their real estate goals.

Your Rental Property Attorney PLLC is a boutique law firm exclusively utilizing subscription and flat fees, specializing in real estate law, particularly catering to rental property investors. Under the guidance of Whitney L. Smith, Esq., the firm's mission is to empower individuals and communities, enabling them to attain financial independence through real estate investments. With a personalized and client-focused approach, they offer comprehensive legal solutions, guiding clients through property transactions, landlord-tenant disputes, and other related matters. Your Rental Property Attorney PLLC is your trusted partner in the pursuit of real estate success, prioritizing transparent pricing and delivering exceptional service. #RealEstateLaw #RentalPropertyInvesting

Full-service civil litigation, business law, real estate law, trust and estate planning, and probate law firm. Handles all stages of each case from pre-trial to post- trial motions. Drafts: all pleadings, all dispositive motions, demand letters including, civil theft demands, all discovery requests and responses; deeds; leases; assignments, all estate documents. Negotiated with opposing counsels. Assisted in foreclosures and partitions. Lead attorney on all of the firm’s landlord/tenant disputes.

Employment and Labor Law, Plaintiff’s Counsel. Drafted demand letters, letters of representation, EEOC charges, NLRB charges, rebuttal arguments to OC position statements, complaints, interrogatories, and requests for production. Managed several pipelines averaging 50-60 cases. Interviewed clients and managed communications to and from clients. Assisted attorneys in communications to and from opposing counsel and several Federal Agencies. Assisted in EEO interviews and mediations.

Provided free income tax preparation to qualified individuals as an IRS-certified volunteer, which included assessing clients’ forms, household status, and financial circumstances for proper refund filing and results.

Assisted both attorneys and investigators in resolving a wide range of disputes to enforce federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee, which included analyzing client charges and making the legal determination on whether to litigate; writing legal summaries for attorney assessment; assessing 2500 emails for privilege; conducting interviews on both sides, and assisting in mediation.

Whitney’s Grooming and Pet Supplies was a sole proprietorship dedicated to the health and safety of all animals within its care, quality customer service, and the distribution of stellar products. The store had a staff of ten employees over the course of its life and catered to over 2600 customers annually. As owner, every aspect of every responsibility from the creation of the business to the final winding up was handled with extreme passion and care, and that care and attention to detail allowed for a loyal clientele (estimated value of $100,000) who followed after the closing of the salon, to each subsequent employment.

Provided information to citizens about issues, programs, and services through print, video, web, and community outreach programs by writing press releases, conducting community outreach, marketing programs through the government website, and being the first intern who was given a byline on a news story in the local government paper.

● Focused Studies: UCC, Fed Income Tax (I &II), International Business Transactions, Business Entities, Employment Law, Secured Transactions, Bankruptcy Law ● Activities: Member of the Tax Law Society

● Focused Studies: Political Science, Debate ● Awards: Magna Cum Laude