Gary L. Smith Jr. (born August 27, 1972), is an American attorney from his native Norco in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, who is a former Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 19, a position which he held from 2012 to 2024.
He succeeded the term-limited Democratic Senator Joel T. Chaisson, II.
In 1994, he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
He earned his Juris Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1998 and an LLM from Tulane Law School in 1999.
[citation needed] Smith interned for Senator John Breaux and Congressman Billy Tauzin.