Victor Smith

Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Division, 2004-2012; Civil Procedure Rules Committee, 2001-2007; Judicial Administration and Evaluation Committee, 2011-2017); Moderator: National Business Institute CLE - As Judges See It: Top Mistakes Attorneys Make in Civil Litigation; Constitutional Judiciary Committee 2017; Willson American Inn of Court (1999-); Tenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (2010-2014); Lakeland Bar Association; Executive Committee, YLD Board of Governors (2007-2008); Chairman, By-Laws Committee, YLD Board of Governors (2007-2008); YLD Sergeant of Arms; Florida Bar Board of Governors (2010-2011); Tenth Circuit Professionalism Committee (2013-2014); Polk County Family Law Bar Association (Secretary, 2003; Treasurer, 2004; Vice President, 2005); Polk County Trial Lawyers Association (1999-Present); Vice President, 2018; President, 2019; Young Lawyers Division Liaison to The Florida Bar Foundation (2005); Member, Tenth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee A (2019-Present); Member Tenth Circuit Bench-Bar and Pro Bono Committee (2019-Present); Member, Fairness and Diversity Committee (2019-Present). Recipient: Family Law Book Award. Speaking engagements: Moderator, Basic Corporate Law, Fla. Bar, 2010; Ethical Collection of Attorney Fees, 2009. Publications: Article - New Considerations Regarding Attorneys Fees, Pleadings, and Disclosures in Family Law Cases; Inside the Minds: Strategies for Family Law in Florida, 2012 ed., Aspatore Books, (leading lawyers on working with clients, creating an effective strategy, and handling complex cases), 2018 elected as Vice President of Polk County Trial Lawyers Association, 2019 elected as President of the Polk County Trial Lawyers Association.