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Jim Smith and Jeff Bukowski joined forces in 2020 to form Smith Bukowski, bringing nearly 50 years of combined legal experience to work for the benefit of their clients.  Jeff’s 25 years of substantial experience in complex litigation comes to the firm infrastructure that formerly supported the Smith Law Group, a firm founded by Jim Smith in 2005, to provide a legal service second-to-none.

Smith Bukowski prides itself on offering clients the very best in legal advocacy while being mindful of the client’s goals and financial limitations.  At Smith Bukowski, you’ll receive special, personalized attention from the staff and you will know and enjoy a strong working relationship with everyone the firm employs.  Your legal needs will be attended to by someone with hands-on, personal knowledge of your circumstances who can specially tailor the legal services to fit your needs.

We are Smith Bukowski!

James M. Smith, Esq.

Founding Member

Jim Smith graduated from Liberty University in 1991 with a bachelors degree in mathematics and a minor in economics. After a few years as a liaison to international banks and trust companies on behalf of a software firm in Malvern, Pennsylvania, Mr. Smith moved to Virginia where he earned his law degree from Regent University School of Law in 1998. He began his practice prosecuting crimes with the Berks County District Attorney’s Office in the Spring of 1999. Mr. Smith spent four years practicing law with a Reading-based law firm before opening his own practice in November 2005, which developed into the Smith Law Group, LLC, which for 15 years enjoyed consistent growth. Mr. Smith’s practice has included hundreds of evidentiary hearings and dozens of oral arguments on behalf of the Commonwealth and private clients before all levels of Pennsylvania Courts, including cases before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Smith has three grown children and one beautiful grandson and currently lives in Fleetwood with his wife, Jennifer. Mr. Smith joined Mr. Bukowski in 2020 to form Smith Bukowski, law firm, where he serves as managing partner and heads the transactional department.

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Jeffrey D. Bukowski, Esq.

Founding Member

Jeff Bukowski graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and earned his commission as a U.S. Navy officer through Penn’s NROTC program. Mr. Bukowski served on active duty in the U.S. Pacific fleet from 1987 until 1992, when he left active duty to pursue his law degree at the Dickinson School of Law. In 1995, after graduating from law school, Mr. Bukowski began practicing law at Stevens & Lee, one of the largest 200 law firms in the country, where he concentrated on commercial and intellectual property litigation. Mr. Bukowski became a partner/shareholder of Stevens & Lee in 2003 and demonstrated steadily increasing value to the firm—both in terms of client relationships and substantive client results. In 2020, Mr. Bukowski joined Mr. Smith to form Smith Bukowski, where he heads the litigation department.

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