Smith serves as a Circuit Judge in the civil and felony criminal divisions of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, where he has served since his appointment by Gov. Rick Scott in 2012. In this capacity, he also serves as co-chair of the Diversity Committee of the Florida Conference of Circuit Judges. He previously served for four years as a Miami-Dade County Court Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit after being appointed by Gov. Charlie Crist in 2008, where Smith handled both civil and criminal cases.
Before ascending to the bench, Smith served as a senior assistant city attorney in the Office of the City Attorney for Miami Beach, where he handled a broad range of civil defense matters. Before joining the City Attorney’s office, Smith practiced insurance defense law at a number of private Miami firms. Upon graduation from law school, Smith served for four years as an Assistant State Attorney in the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office.
Smith earned his B.S., cum laude, from FAMU in 1996, and his J.D., cum laude in 1999, from the Michigan State University College of Law.
He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.