JONATHAN R. SMITH is the owner and sole practitioner in the firm. He holds a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Virginia and a law degree (Juris Doctor) from Florida Coastal School of Law. After having practiced engineering in industry for 24 years, Mr. Smith formed Rigdon Engineering in Atlanta in 1993 to help inventors design and prototype their inventions. Mr. Smith became interested in patent law as a result of working with patent agents on his own inventions from 1991 to 2000, and obtained registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a patent agent himself in August of 2000. 

Mr. Smith is admitted to practice in Georgia, Florida, and the District of Columbia, and he is a member of the federal bar. 

He continues to assist inventors with mechanical drawing and technical development in addition to patenting.