Married to Lynda Brender, for 42 years, and the father of three – Sarah, a paralegal with Advanced Micro Devices in Austin; Erin, a board certified internal medical physician with Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford, Oregon; and John, an attorney formerly with the firm, now employed as an Assistant District Attorney with the Dallas County District Attorney's Office. Art has five grandchildren, Molly (11), Ellie (10), and Grace Blankenship (4), and Sulayman (5) and Rayan Rizvi (2).   • University of Texas, BA 1968, J.D. 1973 • Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Personal Injury Trial Law • Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Criminal Law • National Board of Trial Advocacy • Licensed in all federal courts in Texas, the Fifth and Ninth Circuits, Federal Court of Claims, and the United States Supreme Court • Lt.(jg) United States Navy, 1968-71 • NAACP "Outstanding Service in the Field of Civil Rights Award" • Texas Woman's Political Caucus "Good Guy Award" • Eldon Mahon Inn of Court • State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committee • Co-Chair, Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section, Texas State Bar • President, Humane Society of North Texas • Chairman, West Meadowbrook Neighborhood Association • Board Member, Tarrant County Bar Association • Parish Council, St. Rita's Catholic Church • American Board of Trial Advocates • "Texas Super Lawyers" – Texas Monthly • "Attorneys of Excellence" - Fort Worth Business Press   • "Power Attorneys 2010 Award" - Fort Worth Business Press • "Fifth Circuit Survey - Consumer Law" – Texas Tech Law Review, Vol. XVI (1985)   • "2010 H.G. Wells Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award" - Tarrant County Trial Lawyers • "Plaintiff's Procedural and Strategic Issues in Suing the Government" – Seminar: Suing and Defending Governmental Entities, State Bar of Texas (2008)   • Author: "Police Reports - Driving While Intoxicated" – The American Journal of Criminal Law, Feburary, 1972 Designated "Super Lawyer" by Thomson Reuters and "Top Attorney" by Fort Worth, Texas Magazine Venture, LP

Born and raised in the Fort Worth area, Jason graduated from St. Mary's University, B.A. 1989, with high honors; Texas Tech, J.D. 1992, with honors. Jason has been licensed since 1992 and is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law. After law school, Jason served as a briefing attorney for Texas Supreme Court Justice Jack Hightower and then served as an Assistant Texas Attorney General and obtained one of the largest settlements in Texas history for insurance violations against State Farm Insurance Company.* Jason has successfully tried dozens of personal injury, employment discrimination, retaliation, and whistleblower cases. Jason has obtained several sizable sexual harassment verdicts against employers like Union Pacific Railroad, the City of Fort Worth, and the Star-Telegram, including the first sexual harassment jury verdict in Tarrant County.† Jason was born and raised in Tarrant County, where his parents still live in the house where he grew up. Jason lives in Fort Worth with his wife Jessica, their twins, and their black lab, Wooderson, from the North Texas Humane Society. Jason had an idea that Fort Worth needed a fenced dog park for families to enjoy with their four-legged friends. So, Jason founded the Fort Worth Dog Park Association and led the effort to establish and raise money to support the nationally recognized Fort Woof Dog Park (fortwoof.org), a fenced five-acre park where thousands of families visit every year and let their dogs run and play off leash. Jason is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church. Whether he is getting Fort Woof Dog Park built or attending the Democratic National Convention as a delegate, Jason works in the community and our political system to bring about positive change. Jason has dedicated his career to representing ordinary folks, whose rights are violated by employers, insurance companies, drunk drivers, and other wrongdoers.

• St. Mary's University, B.A. 1989, with high honors • Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D. 1992, with honors • Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Appellate Law • Licensed in the United States Supreme Court, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Northern District of Texas • American Board of Trial Advocates • President, Labor and Employment Section, Tarrant County Bar Association • Briefing attorney, Texas Supreme Court Justice Jack Hightower • Assistant Texas Attorney General • Obtained the largest restitution settlement in Texas Attorney General history against State Farm Insurance Company • "Texas Super Lawyers" – Thomson Reuters   • "Outstanding Attorney…" – Fort Worth Magazine • "40 Under 40" – Fort Worth Business Press, May 27, 2004 • City of Fort Worth declared May 6, 2006, "Jason Smith, Mondale and Supergirl Day" in honor of Jason and his dogs for his efforts to establish and support Fort Woof Dog park, which was recognized as the "Best Dog Park" in the United States by Dog Fancy magazine • Handled over 500 employment and personal injury cases • Over 30 civil jury trials and 20 trials to the court in employment and personal injury cases • Over 30 cases in federal court and Texas appellate courts • Obtained the first jury verdict in Tarrant County for a victim of sexual harassment • Obtained a jury verdict for a fourteen-year employee of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, who it was determined was terminated for reporting sexual harassment   *Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Oct. 24, 1996   † Fort Worth Star-Telegram Designated "Super Lawyer" by Thomson Reuters and "Top Attorney" by Fort Worth, Texas Magazine Venture, LP

Zoe is married to Karl and is a mother of two sons, J.C., a student at the University of North Texas, and Erik, a student at Texas State University. Upon graduating from law school, Zoe worked as a Legislative Aide and served as an Assistant Texas Attorney General, ultimately rising to the position of Assistant Chief of the Consumer Protection Division. Zoe has experience and expertise in cases, including personal injury and cases involving employment discrimination. Zoe co-counseled with Jason Smith in 2006, in obtaining one of the largest sexual harassment verdicts in Tarrant County, in Westfall v. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.   • Randolph-Macon Woman's College, B.A. 1975 • St. Mary's University School of Law, J.D. 1978 • Licensed in the United States District Court for the Northern and Western Districts of Texas, and the United States Supreme Court • Assistant Texas Attorney General, ultimately rising to the position of Assistant Chief of the Consumer Protection Division • Qualified mediator • Vice-President, Labor and Employment Section, Tarrant County Bar Association • Teen Court Judge   Zoe has been actively involved in her own community serving as Teen Court Judge, Election Judge, Precinct Chair, attorney volunteer for the Northwest and Legal Aid Employment Law Clinic, and school and church volunteer.