Horace Smith Jr. - Daytona Beach, FL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1967
    Juris Doctor

• Non Legal Education

  • Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1964
    Bachelor of Arts

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

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

Classes and 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 - 2020
• Civic League of the Halifax Area, Member, 1993 - Present
• Daytona Beach Kiwanis, Member, 1972 - 2008
• Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 1988 - Present

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

Specialties and Certifications

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

Other Affiliations

• 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