Profile - Schuyler A. Smith

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Company

Hamilton Miller & Birthisel
150 SE Second Ave Ste 1200
Miami, FL 33131

Phone

(305) 379-3686

Member Bio

Schuyler A. Smith is a partner in the firm’s Miami, Florida office. Ms. Smith concentrates her practice on commercial litigation matters and defending, personal injury, premises liability, and products liability lawsuits. She represents major hotels and resort chains, Fortune 500 companies, insurers, cruise lines, and transportation companies, in state and federal courts throughout Florida and the United States Virgin Islands.

Ms. Smith has extensive courtroom and trial experience having begun her legal career as a trial attorney for the State of Florida Department of Children and Families. She subsequently practiced at a large Florida defense firm where she handled cases involving business torts and commercial disputes, as well as, employment and professional liability lawsuits with a particular emphasis on the defense of lawyers, accountants, and insurance brokers.

Ms. Smith was born and raised in Jamaica. Ms. Smith obtained her Juris Doctor from St. Thomas University School of Law and her Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. While in law school, Ms. Smith served as an Editor for the St. Thomas Intercultural Human Rights Law Review, and was active in the Moot Court and Mock Trial Programs. Ms. Smith also served as an intern to the Honorable Chief Judge David Gersten of the Florida Third District Court of Appeal.

Ms. Smith has been consistently recognized as a Florida Super Lawyers “Rising Star.”

PRACTICE AREAS

Admiralty and Maritime Claims
Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Defense
Sexual Assault Claims
Labor and Employment
Negligent Security Claims
Product Liability
Premise Liability
Mass Tort and Class Actions
Medical Malpractice Defense
Americans with Disabilities Act Claims

EDUCATION

J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law, 2009
B.S., The University of the West Indies, 2006

BAR ADMISSIONS

Florida
U.S. Virgin Islands

COURT ADMISSIONS

Florida
U.S. District Court for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida
U.S. States District Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands

MEMBERSHIPS

Caribbean Bar Association, Past President (2012-2013)
Dade County Bar Young Lawyers Section: Board of Directors (2011-Present)
Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, Board of Governors: 11th Circuit Governor (2011-Present)
American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division: Diversity Scholar (2012-Present), Vice Chair, Women in the Profession Committee (2013-Present)
Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Bar Association: Member (2010-Present)
Domestic Violence Division of the 11th Judicial Circuit: Volunteer Guardian Ad Litem (2012-Present)
2013 Florida Bar Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Leadership Academy Fellow (Inaugural Class)

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Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation
Hospitality
Insurance Law
Mass Tort
Medical Liability
Personal Injury Litigation
Products Liability
Toxic Torts & Environmental Law
Transportation/Trucking

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