Ms. Lynette Eaddy Smith

Lynette is executive vice president, Secretary, and Chief Legal Officer for Chick-fil-A, Inc. She leads the company’s legal department and partners with the business to provide solution-oriented, strategic business and legal counsel. Prior to joining Chick-fil-A in 2012, Lynette was a partner in the litigation department of the Atlanta office of Troutman Sanders, where she practiced for 16 years. There, she led the firm’s class action practice group and litigated a wide variety of business matters in courts across the nation.

Lynette graduated with a B.A. from Emory University and earned a J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Prior to joining Troutman Sanders, she clerked for Judge Duross Fitzpatrick, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia in Macon. Lynette is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.

Outside of Chick-fil-A, Lynette serves on the Board of the International Franchise Association, the Board of Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta, and the Executive Committee of the Corporate Counsel Section of the State Bar of Georgia.