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Horace Smith Jr.

Practice Areas

  • Marital & Family Law
  • Criminal Defense Law
  • Personal Injury

Biography

Mr. Smith, a founding member of Smith Bigman Brock, P.A., has been practicing law for more than forty years.  He focuses his practice in the areas of family law and criminal litigation.  Mr. Smith was Board Certified as a specialist in criminal trial law from 1987 to 1997 and since 1985 is board Board Certified as a specialist in Marital and Family law. For the 30th consecutive year, Mr. Smith has received the highest possible peer review rating (AV) in Legal Ability and Ethical Standards from Martindale-Hubbell and for the 10th consecutive year has been designated a Super Lawyer. 

Education

  • Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
    • Juris Doctor - 1967
  • Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
    • Bachelor of Arts - 1964

Classes & Seminars

  • Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers at seminars in Banff, Canada, Vail, Colorado; Telluride, Colorado and Snowmass, Colorado (Speaker)
  • Law Enforcement Hypnosis Institute based in Los Angeles, California (Instructor)
  • Continuing Legal Education Courses (Speaker), The Florida Bar and Volusia County Bar Associations
  • Civil Trial Lawyers Association
  • Adjunct Professor, Criminal Law Procedure, Daytona Beach Community College

Pro-Bono Activities

  • Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Board of Visitors, 1998 to 2020
  • Civic League of the Halifax Area, Member, 1993 to Present
  • Daytona Beach Kiwanis, Member, 1972 to 2008
  • Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 1988 to Present

Past Positions

  • Dunn & Smith, Partner, 1976 to 1988
  • Bunnell, Florida, City Attorney, 1976 to 1988
  • Seventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Chief Assistant State Attorney, 1969 to 1982
  • General Counsel, Florida State League of Professional Baseball Clubs, 2014 to 2018

Professional Associations

  • Civic League of Halifax Area, Member, 1994 - Present
  • Judicial Nominating Commission, Seventh Circuit of Florida, Member, 2010 - 2014
  • Volusia County Civil Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 2008 - 2011
  • Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Chapter Chairman and National Board of Directors, 1993 - 2000; 2001 - 2007
  • Tiger Bay Club of Volusia County, Board of Directors, 1997 - 2008
  • Florida Bar Association, Board of Governors, 1986 - 1993
  • Volusia County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Founding Member & President, 1983
  • Humana Hospital of Daytona Beach, Board of Trustees, 1983 - 1985
  • Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Member, 1978 - 2005
  • Volusia County Bar Association, President, 1977 - 1978
  • Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Board of Visitors, 1976 - 2020
  • United Child Care, Board of Directors, 1976 - 1982
  • National District Attorneys Association, Member, 1969 - 1982
  • Dunn-Blount Inns of Court, Board of Directors, Founding Member
  • Council of Bar Presidents

Certified Legal Specialties

  • Board Certified, Marital and Family Law, 1985 - Present
  • Board Certified, Criminal Trial Law, 1987-1997

Current Employment Position

  • Partner

Bar Admissions

  • Florida, 1967
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1968
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1971
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1984
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1971

Honors

  • Florida Super Lawyer (Marital & Family Law), 2006 - 2015
  • Who's Who in American Law
  • Who's Who in South and Southeast
  • Florida legal Elite