Background
Reece Smith, Junior, Wm. was born in 1925 in Athens, Tennessee, United States.
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Wm. Reece Smith Jr.
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University of South Carolina (Bachelor of Science). University of Florida (Juris Doctor).
Career
Worked at Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A. (Tampa, Florida) specializing in General Civil Practice and Litigation in all State and Federal Courts and Administrative Agencies, Negligence, Securities, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Construction, Creditors Rights, Corporations, Environmental, Health Care, Trusts, Labor, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Tax, Oil and Gas, Probate and Trust Law, Communications, Real Estate and Admiralty Law. Admitted to the bar, 1949, Florida. Education: University of South Carolina (Bachelor of Science, 1946).
University of Florida (Juris Doctor, 1967, replaced Bachelor of Laws conferred, 1949: Doctor of Laws, 1980). Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University, England, 1949. University of South Florida (Doctor of Laws, 1973.
D.H.L., 1990); Rollins College (Doctor of Laws, 1980). New England College (DCL., 1980). Central Methodist College (D.C.L., 1980).
California Western School of Law (D.H.L., 1981). University of South Carolina (Doctor of Laws, 1981). Stetson University (Doctor of Laws, 1985).
Tampa College (D.B.A., 1991). Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Florida Blue Key. Editor-in-Chief, University of Florida Law Review, 1948-1949.
Assistant Professor, University of Florida College of Law, 1952-1953. Adjunct Professor, Stetson University College of Law, 1953-1957. Distinguished Professorial Lecturer, Stetson University College of Law, 1991.
City Attorney, Tampa, Florida, 1963-1972. American Bar Association: Chairman, Junior Bar Conference, 1960-1961. House of Delegates, 1961.
Secretary, 1967-1971. President, 1980-1981. President: Hillsborough County Bar Association, 1963-1964.
The Florida Bar Foundation, 1970-1971. The Florida Bar, 1972-1973. Florida Legal Services, Inc., 1973-1976.
American Bar Endowment, 1976-1978. National Conference of Bar Presidents, 1978-1979. International Bar Association, 1988-1990.
American Bar Foundation, 1990-1991. Interim President, University of South Florida, 1976-1977. Trustee, Bethune-Cookman College, 1978.
Member, Martindale-Hubbell Legal Advisory Board, 1990. Member: International Bar Association. Inter-American Bar Association.
American Law Institute. International Society of Barristers. Fellow: American Bar Foundation.
American College of Trial Lawyers. International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A. was established in 1901 and is one of Florida's oldest and largest law firms, serving Florida from offices in six cities throughout the state.
The firm has an extensive client base of international, national and local corporations, state and local governmental offices as well as individuals.
Membership
Member, Martindale-Hubbell Legal Advisory Board, 1990. Member: International Bar Association. Inter-American Bar Association.
American Law Institute. International Society of Barristers. Fellow: American Bar Foundation.
American College of Trial Lawyers. International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
