Christopher N. Smith

Christopher N. Smith
Smith receives the Georgia 2007 Governor’s Award
Born	December 30, 1964 Macon, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Attorney at Law & Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Denmark

Christopher N. Smith (born December 30, 1964) is an American lawyer, appointed as a foreign consul by Margrethe II to Denmark.

A seventh-generation Georgian, Christopher N. Smith was born in Macon, Georgia in 1964 to Robert Lee and Teresa W. Smith. He grew up in Houston County, Georgia. After graduating from Warner Robins High School, he attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Christopher N. Smith received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1988. In 1991, Smith received his Juris Doctor Degree from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University and was admitted into the practice of law that year. Smith has practiced law in Georgia since 1991. He is admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Georgia and the Supreme Court of the United States.

In 2006, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark appointed him Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Denmark. He is the first Honorary Consul in the history of Macon.

Christopher N. Smith is the co-founder of the Smith-Horne Forum Speaker Series and the founder of the Annual Georgia European Union Summit (AGEUS). Smith has been actively involved as guest lecturer at the University of Georgia, Wesleyan College, Macon State College, Georgia College and State University, and was also a featured speaker at the Danish American Business Forum in Copenhagen and Aarhus (2003, 2004, and 2006).