Mickey Smith has
practiced trial law in
Florida for over three decades. He was born in Williamson, West Virginia, in 1960.
Mickey excelled in high school and
received a merit scholarship to
attend Virginia
Tech. He was thrilled since neither of
his parents could attend college. Mr. Smith majored
in Engineering at Virginia Tech and received his degree, magna cum
laude
, in 1982, graduating with a 3.70-grade point average (3.96 in his major).
His
hard work in college was rewarded with a merit scholarship to
the Duke University School of Law. While in law school, he was elected to the
prestigious Order of the
Coif, based on his outstanding academic achievements at Duke. Mickey received his degree in 1985, with
high
honors, having graduated in the top 6% of his law
school
class.
For many years, Mickey represented insurance companies and other
large
corporations. He ultimately
became a senior shareholder at Kubicki Draper, a prestigious, statewide defense
firm
Mr. Smith defended claims involving serious personal injury,
wrongful death, and insurance bad faith. After trying over 100 cases for
insurance companies, he became increasingly frustrated because his
talents were merely being used
to minimize or defeat victims’ claims. Mickey wanted to use his
talents to help ordinary people who
had v
alid claims.
On May 1, 2002, Mickey refused to represent insurance
companies any longer and strictly limited his practice to re
presenting victims
with
significant claims. His dream of practicing law with his best friends, Gary
Lesser and Joe Landy, was
fulfilled in A
ugust 2004, when Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith
was formed. Mickey’s practice
continues to be limited to representing individuals and families who have
suffered serious
personal
injury, wrongful death, or have been victimized because of the
bad faith practices of an insurance
company. Without question, Mickey’s vast
experience in litigating and trying some of the insurance industry’s worst cases
is a
major asset in representing victims with significant claims. His peers have named him one of The Best
Lawyers in
America.
(Board Certified and Re-Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, by both The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education and the National Board of Trial Advocacy)
