Weston F. Smith's profile

    Weston F. Smith

    Top rated Medical Malpractice attorney in St. Petersburg, Florida

    Education Qualification:

    Samford University Cumberland School of Law

    Practice Areas:

    Birth injury,

    Brain injury,

    Ethics & professional responsibility,

    Medical malpractice,

    Wrongful death

    100 2nd Ave N, Suite 311St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701

    First Admitted: 1992, Florida

    Professional Webpage: https://www.westonsmithlaw.com/attorney/smith-weston-f/

    Bar / Professional Activity:
    • President - American Board of Trial Advocates - Tampa Bay Chapter.  Member since 2012, 2024
    • Past Chair - The Florida Bar Trial  Lawyers Section, 2023
    • Executive Council - The Florida Bar's Trial Lawyers Section, 2013
    • American Board of Trial Advocacy (ABOTA), Member, 2012
    • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1994, 2003
    • Member of the Florida Bar Association, 1992
    Special Licenses / Certifications:
    • Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Florida Bar, 2008-2013
    Pro bono / Community Service:
    • Immediate Past Chair of The Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Teachers Law School. This charitable program is a free 2 day seminar for middle school and high school social studies, history and civics teachers. The program consists of 2 days of lectures on issues related to civics and the judicial system, delivered by prominent judges, lawyers and law school professors from throughout the State of Florida, 2016-2019, 2023
    • President Elect of the Tampa Bay Chapter of The American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). This organization provides CLE to attorneys, professional ethics programs and fundraising for children's organizations., 2023
    Honors:
    • "AV" Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated, 2023
    Educational Background:
    • University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, B.A., 1989
    • St. Petersburg Catholic High School 
    Scholarly Lectures / Writings:
    • Published 2024 by The Florida Bar's Trial Lawyers Section, Editor/Contributing Author, Florida Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice, 2024
    • This seminar is put on every year by the Florida Bar through the  Trial Lawyers Section to teach advanced advocacy skills to experienced lawyers. It is a one-week intensive program during which the participants perform each part of a civil jury trial and the faculty critique and advise on their performance. The faculty also provide lectures and demonstrations of each part of a civil trial, Faculty Member - Lecturer, The Florida Bar Advanced Trial Advocacy Seminar, 2023
    • Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section, Florida Conference of Circuit Judges and Conference of County Court Judges of Florida handbook on Florida Civil Discovery Practice., Contributing Author, Florida Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice, 2023
    • This seminar is put on every year by the Florida Bar through the  Trial Lawyers Section to teach advanced advocacy skills to experienced lawyers. It is a one-week intensive program during which the participants perform each part of a civil jury trial and the faculty critique and advise on their performance. The faculty also provide lectures and demonstrations of each part of a civil trial, Faculty Member - Lecturer, The Florida Bar Advanced Trial Advocacy Seminar, 2022
    • Article for lawyers addressing the legal survivors in a wrongful death medical malpractice action., Author, Is Florida's Wrongful Death Act Unfair to the Victims of Medical Malpractice?, St. Petersburg Bar Association - Paraclete, Legal, 2021
    • This seminar is put on every year by the Florida Bar through the Trial Lawyers Section to teach advanced advocacy skills to experienced lawyers. It is a one-week intensive program during which the participants perform each part of a civil jury trial and the faculty critique and advise on their performance. The faculty also provide lectures and demonstrations of each part of a civil trial, Faculty Member - Lecturer, The Florida Bar Advanced Trial Advocacy Seminar, 2021
    • Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section, Florida Conference of Circuit Judges and Conference of County Court Judges of Florida handbook on Florida Civil Discovery Practice., Contributing Author, Florida Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice, 2021
    • This seminar is put on every year by the Florida Bar through the  Trial Lawyers Section to teach advanced advocacy skills to experienced lawyers. It is a one-week intensive program during which the participants perform each part of a civil jury trial and the faculty critique and advise on their performance. The faculty also provide lectures and demonstrations of each part of a civil trial, Faculty Member - Lecturer, The Florida Bar Advanced Trial Advocacy Seminar, 2020
    • This seminar is put on every year by the Florida Bar through the  Trial Lawyers Section to teach advanced advocacy skills to experienced lawyers. It is a one-week intensive program during which the participants perform each part of a civil jury trial and the faculty critique and advise on their performance. The faculty also provide lectures and demonstrations of each part of a civil trial, Faculty Member - Lecturer, The Florida Bar Advanced Trial Advocacy Seminar, 2019
    • Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section, Florida Conference of Circuit Judges and Conference of County Court Judges of Florida handbook on Florida Civil Discovery Practice., Contributing Author, Florida Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice, 2019
    • This seminar is put on every year by the Florida Bar through the Trial Lawyers Section to teach advanced advocacy skills to experienced lawyers. It is a one-week intensive program during which the participants perform each part of a civil jury trial and the faculty critique and advise on their performance. The faculty also provide lectures and demonstrations of each part of a civil trial., Faculty Member - Lecturer, The Florida Bar Advanced Trial Advocacy Seminar, 2018
    • This seminar is put on every year by the Florida Bar through the  Trial Lawyers Section to teach advanced advocacy skills to experienced lawyers. It is a one-week intensive program during which the participants perform each part of a civil jury trial and the faculty critique and advise on their performance. The faculty also provide lectures and demonstrations of each part of a civil trial, Faculty Member - Lecturer, The Florida Bar Advanced Trial Advocacy Seminar, 2017
    • Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section, Florida Conference of Circuit Judges and Conference of County Court Judges of Florida handbook on Florida Civil Discovery Practice., Contributing Author, Florida Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice, 2017
    • This seminar is put on every year by the Florida Bar through the  Trial Lawyers Section to teach advanced advocacy skills to experienced lawyers. It is a one-week intensive program during which the participants perform each part of a civil jury trial and the faculty critique and advise on their performance. The faculty also provide lectures and demonstrations of each part of a civil trial, Faculty Member - Lecturer, The Florida Bar Advanced Trial Advocacy Seminar, 2016
    • This seminar is put on every year by the Florida Bar through the  Trial Lawyers Section to teach advanced advocacy skills to experienced lawyers. It is a one-week intensive program during which the participants perform each part of a civil jury trial and the faculty critique and advise on their performance. The faculty also provide lectures and demonstrations of each part of a civil trial, Faculty Member - Lecturer, The Florida Bar Advanced Trial Advocacy Seminar, 2015
    • Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section, Florida Conference of Circuit Judges and Conference of County Court Judges of Florida handbook on Florida Civil Discovery Practice., Contributing Author, Florida Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice, 2015
    • This seminar is put on every year by the Florida Bar through the  Trial Lawyers Section to teach advanced advocacy skills to experienced lawyers. It is a one-week intensive program during which the participants perform each part of a civil jury trial and the faculty critique and advise on their performance. The faculty also provide lectures and demonstrations of each part of a civil trial, Faculty Member - Lecturer, The Florida Bar Advanced Trial Advocacy Seminar, Legal, 2014
    • This seminar is put on every year by the Florida Bar through the  Trial Lawyers Section to teach advanced advocacy skills to experienced lawyers. It is a one-week intensive program during which the participants perform each part of a civil jury trial and the faculty critique and advise on their performance. The faculty also provide lectures and demonstrations of each part of a civil trial, Faculty Member - Lecturer, The Florida Bar - Advanced Trial Advocacy Seminar, 2013
    • Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section, Florida Conference of Circuit Judges and Conference of County Court Judges of Florida handbook on Florida Civil Discovery Practice., Contributing Author, Florida Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice, 2013
    • Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section, Florida Conference of Circuit Judges and Conference of County Court Judges of Florida handbook on Florida Civil Discovery Practice., Contributing Author, Florida Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice, 2011
    • Trial Advocacy article addressing the cross examination of the Plaintiff's expert witness., Author, Cross Examining The Plaintiff's Expert At Trial: It's Not Brain Surgery...Even If It Is Brain Surgery, DRI - Trials and Tribulations, 2006
    Industry Groups:
    • Auto
    • General Negligence
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Nursing Home
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