Grasford Smith Email & Phone Number

Grasford Smith is a Litigation Partner and Co-Head of the West Palm Beach Litigation Department of Akerman, a top 100 US law firm, and the Immediate Past President of the Palm Beach County Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in NY, DC, FL, and the U.S. Supreme Ct. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America and is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He received numerous other honors, including “500 Leading Lawyers in America” by Lawdragon, “500 Most Influential Executives” by Florida Trend, “Clyde Bailey Corporate Leadership Award” by the National Bar Association, “Corporate Executive of the Year” by Legacy Magazine, “Florida Super Lawyers,” “National Black Lawyers Top 100," “Daily Business Review Distinguished Leader,” “South Florida's Most Powerful Black Professionals in Business" by Legacy Magazine, and. “Nation’s 40 Best Advocates under 40" by the National Bar Association.Mr. Smith practices complex business litigation and has represented a diverse clientele, including fortune 500 companies, government agencies and elected officials, a major league baseball team and a major online travel retailer. He gained experience at a Wall Street law firm and prestigious Florida firms and worked on "bet-the-company" matters involving billions of dollars, including contract disputes, shareholder and board of director disputes, non-competition and trade secret disputes, real estate and construction defects disputes, intellectual property disputes, government enforcement actions, and Florida Bar disciplinary matters.Mr. Smith is charter member and Past President of the Epsilon Lambda chapter of Sigma Pi Phi (Boule), Life Member and Assistant National General Counsel of Alpha Phi Alpha, Chair of the American Heart Association of Palm Beach County, Past President of the Black Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach County, Chair of the Minority Partners Division of the National Bar Association, and General Counsel of the Urban League of Palm Beach County, etc. He contributed financially to various causes such as the Boule Scholars Foundation (Percy Julian Fellow), NYU School of Law (Weinfeld Fellow), Florida Bar Foundation (Bar Fellow), the National Bar Institute (Life Member), the American Heart Association (Cor Vitae), and the FSU Foundation.Mr. Smith is a frequently requested speaker and authored articles in numerous publications. He was featured in the Boule Journal, New York Law Journal, New York County Lawyer, and the Daily Business Review, etc.

Listed skills include Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation, and 16 others.