General Info

The Smith Legal Group, LLC is a law firm dedicated to providing the highest caliber legal services to the communities in and around Southwest Florida. Our attorneys are all graduates from accredited law schools and are members in good standing of The Florida Bar.Patrick R. Smith, Esq. is a 1985 graduate of the Canisius College of Buffalo and a 1989 graduate of the C.H. McDowell School of Law, University of Akron. Mr. Smith was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1992 and is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, and in the State of New York, the Western District of New York, and the Middle District of Florida. Mr. Smith is the President of The Smith Legal Group, LLC, and has been the attorney of record in thousands of cases filed under Chapters 7, 11 and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. Mr. Smith is certified by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification in consumer bankruptcy law and is an active member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. Mr. Smith is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Hillsborough County Bar Association, the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association, and the New York State Bar Association. Mr. Smith is a regularly featured speaker at bankruptcy seminars given to attorneys and professionals throughout Florida. Mr. Smith is also certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a family law mediator, Bankruptcy Court mediator and District Court mediator. _ _ _