Smith, Dennis D. - Tripp Scott | South Florida Attorneys

Dennis D. Smith

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Director

PHONE 954-525-7500

FAX 954-761-8475

Dennis D. Smith is vice chairman of Tripp Scott. A skilled negotiator with extensive experience handling complex financing transactions and corporate matters, he assists corporate clients with a full range of legal services, from mergers and acquisitions to estate planning. He previously served as the firm's president.

Smith is a devoted community leader who serves as chairman of both the Lighthouse Planning and Zoning Board and the Urban League of Broward County. In addition, he is a member of the board and the executive committee of the Broward Workshop, and he serves on the boards of the Regional Business Alliance, the FAU Broward Advisory Council and Pine Crest School, where he was previously Board of Trustees chairman. Additionally, he is founder of the South Florida Buy Recycled Expo, which helped raise public awareness of environmental issues.

The South Florida Business Journal recognized Smith as one of the region's best lawyers. In addition, the city of Lighthouse Point named him a true Keeper and Children's Home Society's Intracoastal division named Smith and his wife, Pat, as its Celebrate the Century honorees in 1999.

Smith holds an LL.M. in taxation from the University of Miami School of Law, a law degree from Villanova University and a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance and Commerce.

Areas of Practice:: Entrepreneurial Business Practice; Finance & Corporate Transactions

Bar Admissions:: Pennsylvania; Florida

Education:: University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida
LL.M. Taxation; Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania
J.D.
Law Review: Villanova Law Review, Member; University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B.S.
Major: Finance

Honors and Awards:: Recognized as One of the Region's Best Lawyers, The South Florida Business Journal; Named with his Wife Pat as Celebrate the Century Honorees, Children's Home Society's Intracoastal Division - 1999; Light House Point Keeper - 2004; Martindale-Hubbell-AV-Rated

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association, 1974 - 2000; Member; Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1974 - Present; Member; Florida Bar Association, 1977 - Present; Member; Greater Fort Lauderdale Tax Council, 1981 - 2002; Member; Lighthouse Point Code Enforcement Board, 1988 - 1993; Member; Broward County Dept. of Natural Resource Protection Advisory Board, 1990 - 1998; Member; FAU/Broward County University, 1990 - Present; Member - Advisory Committee; Lighthouse Point Planning and Zoning Board, 1993 - 1998; Member; Lighthouse Point Planning and Zoning Board, 1995 - Present; Chairman; Florida Atlantic University Foundation; Member of Board; Pine Crest Preparatory School Board Member, 2005 - 2007; Chairman; Executives' Association of Fort Lauderdale, 1998 - Present; Member, Board of Directors (Past President); The Florida Bar; Member; Broward Library Foundation, 1997 - 2003; Member, Executive Board; Urban League of Broward County, 2005 - Present; Board Member (Chairman 2005-2007); Broward Workshop; Board of Directors

Fraternities/Sororities:: Sigma Nu