Barbara A. Henderson

Barbara is a shareholder at Smith Alling. Her work focuses on all aspects of family law.

Prior to attending law school, Barbara spent several years in the contract administration section of a large regional bank handling secured transactions.

Barbara was an Associate Editor of the University of Puget Sound (“UPS”) Law Review, and was employed as a legal intern by Smith Alling Lane, P.S. during her second year of law school.She graduated magna cum laude from UPS Law School (now Seattle University Law School). After graduation, Barbara became an Associate at Smith Alling Lane, where she was initially involved in major antitrust litigation involving power plant construction.

Barbara served for 10 years as a commissioner pro-tem in the Pierce County Superior Court, and was a Nisqually Tribal Court judge for a year.