G. Andrews Smith
Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer
Principals

G. Andrews Smith is the managing partner and is responsible for strategic management.  Mr. Smith is a member of L&B's Investment Committee and chairs the Management Committee.
 
Mr. Smith joined the Dallas law firm of Winstead, McGuire, Sechrest and Minick in 1978 as a real estate tax attorney, where he worked until he joined L&B in 1981.
 
Mr. Smith has served as a board member of the Pension Real Estate Association, the United States Chamber of Commerce Economic Policy Committee, Institutional Real Estate Clearinghouse, and the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems.
 
Other professional activities include: sole trustee to State Treasurer of Michigan, member of a three person task force selected to deliver comments to SEC on proposed amendments to Investment Advisors Act of 1940, and University of Texas-Task Force member (alternatives related to endowment lands).   Mr. Smith is currently a member of the Texas State Bar, Dallas Bar Association, the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and served as Mayor Pro-Tem of Highland Park, Texas (2004-2008).
 
Mr. Smith earned a BBA degree in 1975 and a JD degree in 1978 both from Southern Methodist University.