[2] For over ten years, Smith worked in private practice as an associate attorney with Smock and Moorhead on Saint Thomas.
[2][1] In this role, she worked in the criminal defense of misdemeanors and felony offenses such as domestic violence and white collar crimes.
[2] In 2011, Smith joined the civil division of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice as an assistant attorney general, serving role for seven years.
[2] On March 20, 2023, governor Albert Bryan nominated Smith to succeed Carol Thomas-Jacobs as the attorney general of the United States Virgin Islands.
[2][3] In May 2023, Elon Musk was subpoenaed by the US Virgin Islands in part of a larger lawsuit against JP Morgan's alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operations.