About Roz Bateman
Roz Bateman Smith earned her J.D. from Empire College School of Law in 2012. She arrived at the courthouse armed with academic training and a practical interest in family law. Early assignments and volunteer roles around Sonoma County helped shape her professional path.
Her first notable legal position was as a law clerk at the Sonoma County Department of Child Support Services. That role exposed her to the intersection of family law and public administration. It also introduced her to the procedural work that often underpins family law litigation and support enforcement.
After completing her education and clerkship, Smith moved into private practice and later joined Provencher & Flatt LLP as of counsel. At the firm she handles matters that fall within family law, drawing on her county experience and committee work. Her practice includes both contested and noncontested matters, and she regularly appears in county family courts.
Smith’s professional involvement in Sonoma County extends beyond client work. Since 2012 she has been active in the local Bar Association’s Family Law Section, serving on its education committee. She joined the Sonoma County Women in Law board in 2013, and she served on the Barristers Committee as treasurer from 2014 to 2016. From 2015 onward she has held memberships in collaborative and best-practice groups, including the Redwood Empire Collaborative Law Council and the Sonoma County Family Law Rules and Best Practices Committee. In 2020 she took seats on both the Sonoma County Steering Committee and the Sonoma County Education Committee, and she continues to serve on the California Lawyers Association Family Law Executive Committee.
Those committee roles have informed her courtroom work and her approach to settlement discussions. Colleagues say she brings attention to procedural detail and local practice norms. She has worked on improving court processes through committee initiatives and education programs for practitioners in the county.
Smith’s background blends public-sector exposure and private practice. That combination shapes how she evaluates cases and advises clients. She has experience handling support matters, custody issues, and case management tasks that often decide the pace of a family law file.
She practices of counsel at Provencher & Flatt LLP and remains active in multiple Sonoma County and statewide family law committees. Her current practice focuses on family law matters in Sonoma County courts.
