Yoshimi O. Smith, Esq.

Yoshimi O. Smith, Esq.: Attorney with Beller Smith, PL
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Biography

Yoshimi O. Smith has over 11 years of experience in the area of estate and trust planning and probate. She focuses her practice on estate and asset planning, estate and trust administration, and asset protection.

Yoshimi O. Smith graduated from Hofstra University Law School in 1998. Yoshi worked with the prominent law firm of Rivkin Radler in Hempstead, New York where she advised high net worth individuals and families with respect to estate, income, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxation, business succession planning and asset protection. She provided sophisticated transfer, income and generation-skipping transfer tax strategies to individuals and advises closely held corporations, partnerships and other business entities on succession and asset protection planning structures. In 2005 Yoshi moved to Florida and joined the boutique firm of Miller & O'Neill and thereafter continued her practice in the area of estate and trust planning, asset protection and probate at Duane Morris. In 2009, Yoshi joined Amy B. Beller and together they formed the law firm of Beller Smith, P.L.

Yoshi has been named Top Up & Comer in South Florida by South Florida Legal Guide in 2009, Rising Star by Florida Super Lawyers in 2009, Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who of American Women. She is the current chair of the probate committee for the South Palm Beach County Bar Association and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Morikami. Yoshi has also spoken and written on various topics for the Florida Legal Education Association, Attorney/Trust Officer Liaison Conference and local charities.

Having been born in Havana, Cuba, Yoshi speaks fluent Spanish. She resides in Boca Raton, Florida, is the wife of Edward F. Smith, III and has two stepchildren.

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Areas of Practice (33)

  • Probate
  • Ancillary Probate
  • International Probate
  • Probate Administration
  • Probate Litigation
  • Probate Taxation
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Contested Trusts and Estates
  • Decedents Estates
  • Estate Administration
  • Estate Litigation
  • Estate Planning
  • Estate Planning for the Elderly
  • Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
  • Estate Settlements
  • Family Trusts
  • Family Wealth Transfer
  • Fiduciary Law
  • Fiduciary Liability
  • Fiduciary Litigation
  • International Estate Planning
  • International Trusts
  • International Trusts and Estates
  • Living Trusts
  • Personal Planning
  • Pet Trusts
  • Powers of Attorney
  • Trust Administration
  • Trust Law
  • Trust Litigation
  • Trust Planning
  • Wealth Planning
  • Wealth Preservation
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Education & Credentials

Law School Attended:
Hofstra University School of Law, J.D., 1998
Year of First Admission:
1999
Admission:
1999, New York; 2004, Florida
Languages:
Spanish
ISLN:
919289565
Minority Owned:
Yes

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Peer Reviews

4.7/5.0 (23 reviews)
Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent Rating Badge

  • Legal Knowledge

    4.7/5.0

  • Analytical Capability

    4.7/5.0

  • Judgment

    4.7/5.0

  • Communication

    4.7/5.0

  • Legal Experience

    4.6/5.0

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Sole Practitioner on 06/21/10 in Estate Administration

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  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Partner on 06/12/10 in Trusts and Estates

    Yoshi is a very thorough attorney and always does her best for her clients. Her caring nature shines through in her work.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Partner on 06/12/10 in Probate Administration

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  • 4.6/5.0 Rated by a Partner on 04/10/13 in Trusts and Estates

    Yoshimi is a very detailed oriented attorney. She is careful and diligent. I have recommended her a number of times for my clients who need a Florida licensed estate planning attorney. She is also very knowledgeable and takes the time to think thr... Read more

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  • 4.6/5.0 Rated by a Managing Partner on 06/21/10 in Trusts and Estates

    I have known Yoshi for about 5 years, and i think she is a bright and capable attorney. She knows the legal issues involved in trusts and estates law and she knows how to apply them for clients. She is very competent.

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  • 4.4/5.0 Rated by a Member on 04/06/13 in Wills and Probate

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  • 4.4/5.0 Rated by a Judge on 04/06/13 in Probate Administration

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  • 4.4/5.0 Rated by a Of Counsel on 06/20/10 in Estate Planning

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  • 4.0/5.0 Rated by a Of Counsel on 04/22/13 in Trusts and Estates

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  • 4.0/5.0 Rated by a Other Law Firm Position on 04/14/13 in Estate Planning

    Very good lawyer!!!!!

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Contact Information:

561-896-7692  Phone

561-423-2728  Fax

www.bellersmith.com

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