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Tamara R. Gaines
Daytona Beach, Florida

Associate
phone	(386) 254-6875
fax	(386) 257-1834
email	Email Me

Ms. Gaines joined Smith Hood Bigman in 2000. She graduated cum laude from the Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. She was the yearbook editor and recipient of the Centennial Scholarship, James C. Bolton Memorial Scholarship, LSUA Merit Honor Award Scholarship and Colonel W.R. Middleton Memorial Honor Award. In 1999 Ms. Gaines graduated, with honors, from the University of Florida College of Law where she was a member and secretary of the honor society, Phi Delta Phi.

At the University of Florida, Ms. Gaines was awarded Book Awards in Civil Clinic and Gender and the Law. During law school, she served as Honor Advisor.

Ms. Gaines is an associate in the litigation practice group at Smith Hood Bigman. Her practice includes commercial litigation, corporate and business law.

Ms. Gaines is actively involved in the community. She is on the Board of Directors of Easter Seal Society of Volusia nad Flagler Counties and Chairperson of the Board of Directors for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services of Volusia and Flagler Counties. Ms. Gaines has been actively involved with the Horses and the Handicapped program in both Central Louisiana and Palm Beach County, Florida.

Ms. Gaines is admitted to practice in all courts of the State of Florida.

Areas of Practice:: General Civil Litigation; Corporate and Business Law

Bar Admissions:: Florida, 2000

Education:: University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, December, 1999
Juris Doctor
Honors: With Honors
Honors: Phi Delta Phi Honor Fraternity, Secretary, Spring 1998-1999
Honors: Honor Advisor, Spring 1998-1999; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1994
Bachelor of Science
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Yearbook Editor, 1992 - 1993
Honors: Centennial Scholarship, 1993
Honors: James C. Bolton Memorial Scholarship, 1993
Major: Business Administration; Louisiana State University, 1992
Associate of Science
Honors: Colonel W.R. Middleton Memorial Honor Award, 1992
Honors: LSUA Merit Honor Award Scholarship, 1990
Major: Business Administration

Honors and Awards:: Book Award - Civil Clinic, 1999; Book Award - Gender and the Law, 1999; Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society Member

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Easter Seal Society of Volusia and Flagler Counties, 2005 - Present; Board Member; Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Advisory Committee, 2005 - Present; Chairperson; Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Volusia and Flagler Counties, Inc., 2003 - 2005; President; Horses Helping the Handicapped, 1991 - 1994; Assistant Instructor and Member of Board of Directors; Horses and the Handicapped of Central Louisiana, 1989 - 1991; Volunteer; Horses and the Handicapped of Palm Beach County, 1985 - 1989; Volunteer

Past Employment Positions:: Virgil Hawkins Civil Clinic, Legal Intern, 1999; Florida Power and Light Co., Summer Law Clerk, 1998

Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, Port Orange, Edgewater, Deltona, Sanford, Palm Coast, Bunnell, New Smyrna Beach, Oak Hill, De Leon Springs, Crescent City, Flagler County, and Volusia County Florida.