Contact Information
Judge Smith's Judicial Assistant: 
Phone: 541-243-7805
Email:
BEN.KJS.Scheduling@ojd.state.or.us
NOTE: No document can be "filed" officially with the court by emailing or faxing it to a judge or member of a judge's staff.
Avoid Ex Parte Contact
Judges cannot receive communication from lawyers and self-represented litigants unless that communication is simultaneously provided to all other litigants or their lawyers.
Emailing Judge Smith Directly
Please do not send emails to Judge Smith directly. Emails to the judge should be sent to their judicial assistant at
BEN.KJS.Scheduling@ojd.state.or.us. Any email sent must clearly show that copies were simultaneously sent to all other litigants or their lawyers or it cannot be read by Judge Smith.
Faxes Sent to Judge Smith
You must first contact Judge Smith's judicial assistant before sending a fax transmission. Judge Smith and her judicial assistant do not have a stand-alone fax machine in their office so faxes sent without first contacting the judicial assistant may not be delivered to Judge Smith. There is a 10 page limit to the length of documents that can be sent by fax.
Judge Smith's Biography
Judge Keri J. Smith was appointed to serve as a Circuit Court Judge in August 2024 by Governor Tina Kotek and was subsequently elected to retain that position in November 2024. Her current term expires on January 4, 2031.
Judge Smith graduated from the University of Idaho in 2001 with Bachelors of Science in Crime and Justice Studies and Political Science. In 2004, she received her law degree from the University of Idaho College of Law.
Prior to her appointment, Judge Smith worked in private practice focusing primarily on family law matters. She also handled adult guardianships and conservatorships as well as criminal matters. She enjoyed being in the courtroom.
Judge Smith is a member of the Oregon State Bar and the Linn-Benton Bar Association. She also serves on the Benton County Family Law Advisory Committee and the Oregon State Bar Family Law Executive Committee. Prior to her appointment to the Benton County Circuit Court, she also was a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She has also been a member of the Linn County Arbitration Committee and the Oregon Women Lawyers (Linn/Benton Chapter).
Judge Smith spends her spare time traveling, golfing, cooking, and spending time with friends and family.