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”An attorney must wear two hats: one of the champion and one of the counselor. If an attorney fails to wear both hats he, or she, is only providing half of the representation deserved.”
Roy Smith practices in the realms of Family Law, Auto Accident Law, and Mediations. Roy has been selected for inclusion in the 2010 and 2011 Rising Stars list published in Florida Super Lawyers® magazine, a distinction only given to 2.5% of all practicing lawyers in the State of Florida. In addition, Roy has been given the distinction of being AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell through its peer review program. The AV rating is the highest rating awarded by Martindale-Hubbell and reflects an attorney who has reached the height of professional excellence. Roy was also included in Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite list for 2011 and also selected as one of Orlando’s “Renaissance Men” for 2011 by Orlando Style Magazine.
In addition to his practice as an attorney, Roy is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator.
Roy was born in Wauchula, Florida but spent his formative years in the Carolinas, graduating from Fort Mill High School and then returning to his home state of Florida to attend college and law school.
After graduating with honors from The University of Florida College of Law, where he served as the Senior Articles Editor and Chief Judicial Panelist of the Florida Law Review, he moved to the Orlando area.
For over ten years, Roy has been representing clients in personal injury matters and in family law disputes. He has had the pleasure of lecturing numerous times on these issues to both attorneys as well as law students and consumers of the State of Florida.
Roy is a member of the Florida Bar, an EAGLE member of The Florida Justice Association , a member of The Seminole County Bar Association, the Collaborative Family Law Group of Central Florida, the Central Florida Family Law Inn of Court, and the Central Florida Trial Lawyers Association.
Roy is the father of three daughters, a die-hard Florida Gator, a parishioner of St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, where he donates his time to the St. Margaret Mary Parish Attorney Program, and a proud native Floridian.
To speak with Roy directly Call: 407 790-4800
To e-mail Roy directly, click here: roy@thesmithfamilylawfirm.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION:
Nova Southeastern University
Bachelors of Science, Legal Studies, with
highest honors 1997
Recipient of Outstanding Achievement Award
in Liberal Arts
President, Alpha Chi (AX) Honors Fraternity
University of Florida College of Law
Juris Doctorate with honors, 2000
Senior Articles Editor of the Florida Law
Review
Chief Judicial Panelist of the Florida Law
Review
Recipient of Frank E. Maloney Award for
Outstanding Candidate: Florida Law Review
(1999)
Recipient of Gertrude Brick Award for
Outstanding Board Member: Florida Law
Review (2000)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
EAGLE Member of Florida Justice Association
Member of Central Florida Trial Attorneys
Central Florida Family Law American Inn of Court
Member of Collaborative Family Law Group of
Central Florida
Member of Orange County Bar Association
Member of Ninth Judicial Circuit Grievance
Committee
Member of Seminole County Bar Association
Participant in St. Margaret Mary Parish Attorney
Program
AWARDS/ RECOGNITION:
AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
2012 Selected to “The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40.”
2011 “One of Orlando’s Top Lawyers” for
“Excellence in Family Law” by Orlando Home
2010 “Rising Star” Designation by Florida Super
2011 “Rising Star” Designation by Florida Super
2011 Selected to Florida Trend Magazine’s
“Legal Elite” for Marital and Family Law.
2011 Nominated to Orlando Business Journal’s
2009 Recipient of Distinguished Alumni Award by
Nova Southeastern University
Selected by Orlando Style Magazine as one of
“Orlando’s Renaissance Men for 2011.”
LECTURES/ PRESENTATIONS:
“Current Challenges in PIP (Database/Usual and
Customary Charges)” Academy of Florida Trial
Lawyers, March, 2004
“A Practical Refresher on Litigating the Florida
Auto Injury Case” NBI January, 2005
“The PIP Wars (Material Misrepresentation)”
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, May, 2006
“Obtaining the Best Settlement for Personal
Injury Clients”NBI May, 2008
“2008 Auto Negligence Seminar” Florida Justice
Association September 2008
“No-Fault Law: Current Issues and Strategies”
NBI, November, 2008
Yearly to Bi-Yearly lectures regarding the
practice of Family Law and the Collaborative
Family Law Practice at the following
educational institutions:
Barry University College of Law
Nova Southeastern University
Roy J. Smith, IV
PRACTICE AREAS:
Family Law, Auto Accidents, Mediation
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Lisa Smith practices exclusively in the realm of Family Law. Lisa has been given the distinction of being AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell through its peer review program. The AV rating is the highest rating awarded by Martindale-Hubbell and reflects an attorney who has reached the height of professional excellence. Lisa has the distinction of being selected by the Orlando Business Journal as a Top Family Attorney in Central Florida and by Orlando Home and Leisure Magazine as “One of Orlando’s Top Lawyers.”
Lisa is a native resident of Central Florida who graduated from Winter Park High School. After attending Georgetown University where she rowed for the Varsity Crew team, she returned to Florida.
In 2000 Lisa graduated from the University of Florida College of Law with honors where she served as an editor of the Florida Law Review, a teacher’s assistant for Legal Drafting and Appellate Advocacy, and as the President of the Student American Bar Association.
For over ten years, Lisa has represented clients with regard to a myriad of Family Law issues. She regularly lectures regarding family law issues as well as the practice of family law and the developing field of collaborative family law.
Lisa particularly enjoys working with individuals who are invested in a positive co-parenting relationship and who will put their children’s best interests ahead of their own. Lisa strives to empower her clients with an understanding of their legal rights as well as security in the legal process.
Lisa, in an attempt to give her clients as many options as possible to address their legal needs, in trained in the litigation model of dissolution as well as the interdisciplinary collaborative family law model.
Lisa is a member of the Collaborative Family Law Group of Central Florida and the Central Florida Family Law Inn of Court.
Lisa is the mother of three daughters and a parishioner of St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, where she donates her time to the St. Margaret Mary Parish Attorney Program.
To speak with Lisa directly Call: 407 790-4800
To e-mail Lisa directly, click here: lisa@thesmithfamilylawfirm.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION:
Georgetown University
Bachelors of Arts, Sociology, 1995
President, Georgetown Rowing
Association 1994 (Varsity Crew)
University of Florida College of Law
Juris Doctorate with honors, 2000
Senior Articles Editor of the Florida Law
Review
President, Student American Bar
Association
Florida Supreme Court Legal Intern,
Virgil Hawkins Pro Se Clinic
Book Award, Legal Drafting
Teacher’s Assistant, Appellate
Advocacy and Legal Drafting
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member of Florida Bar Association
Member of Orange County Bar
Association
Member of Collaborative Family Law
Group of Central Florida
Central Florida Family Law American Inn
of Court, 2005 – present
Georgetown Alumni Admissions
Committee
Woamtec, Altamonte Springs Chapter
Member of M.O.M.S. (Ministry of Mother’s
Sharing)
St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church
Participant in St. Margaret Mary Parish
Attorney Program
AWARDS/ RECOGNITION:
AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
2011 “One of Orlando’s Top Lawyers” for “Excellence in Family Law” by Orlando Home & Leisure Magazine.
2011 Nominated to Orlando Business Journal’s “40 Under 40.”
Orlando Business Journal, Top Family Law Attorneys in Central Florida, 2006
LECTURES/ PRESENTATIONS
Yearly to Bi-Yearly lectures regarding the
practice of Family Law and the Collaborative
Family Law Practice at Barry University
College of Law
Regularly speaks to Chambers of Commerce,
women’s groups & law school students on
family law issues and methods of resolution.
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