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Theodore W. Small, Jr.

Mr. Small is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest ranking for ethical standards and legal ability. He is among one-third of 1 percent of lawyers in America elected to become a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He has also been chosen three times by his peers as a “Florida Super Lawyer” in the annual listing compiled by Law & Politics.

Mr. Small earned his A.B., magna cum laude, in 1989 from Harvard University, where he was the recipient of Harvard College Scholarships and the Robert Winfrey Leadership Award. He earned his J.D. in 1992 from the University Of Virginia School Of Law, where he was the recipient of the Hardy Cross Dillard Scholarship, the Mary Claiborne and Roy H. Ritter Award, the Herbert L. Kramer Public Service Award, the Alumni Association Special Recognition of Leadership Award and the Black Law Students Association Jack Gravely Award. At UVA, Mr. Small participated in the Peer Advisor Program, Black Law Students Association, and was the co-founder and coordinator of Students United to Promote Racial Awareness (“SUPRA”). After law school, Mr. Small clerked on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals for the Honorable Joseph W. Hatchett.

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Before starting his own law firm, Mr. Small was a partner in the law firm of Holland & Knight, LLP, where he practiced commercial litigation and employment law in its Tampa, Washington, D.C. and Orlando offices. His litigation experience also included two major civil rights cases, one involving race and gender discrimination claims, and the other involving claims related to lead-based paint in public housing. While working with Holland & Knight's Community Services Team, Mr. Small developed and coordinated the firm's Adopt-A-Neighborhood project which encompassed corporate, tax, legislative and litigation assistance to non-profit groups in D.C.'s Shaw Urban Renewal Area. He also represented the survivors and direct descendants of the 1923 Massacre in Rosewood, Florida regarding the 1994 Claims Bill. Mr. Small also served as the president of the Council on African American Affairs, Inc. (“CAAA”), a policy think tank seeking to engage Ron Brown Scholars in making a difference.

Mr. Small is a member of The Florida Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, the National Bar Association and the American Bar Association. His court admissions include: U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida.

His significant community activities include memberships in the ABA House of Delegates (Florida Bar delegate, 2005-), Florida Legal Services, Inc. Board of Directors (2005- ), Florida Bar Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee (2006-), Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter of NBA Executive Board (2008-), American Bar Foundation Fellows (2006-); and have included multi-year appointments to the ABA’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service (2009-), ABA’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession (2000-03), University of Virginia Law School Alumni Council (2001-04), and the Selection Committee for the University Of Virginia School Of Law Dillard Scholar Program (1994-2006). Mr. Small was also a founding member of the Ron Brown Scholar Selection Committee (1997-2003), and a founding member and chair of the Public Schools Committee of the ABA’s Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities (1997-99).

Serving the Central Florida area: Volusia (DeLand, Deltona, Orange City, Lake Helen, DeBary, Enterprise, DeLeon Springs, Ormond Beach, Daytona Beach, Port Orange, Holly Hill, New Smyrna Beach, Oak Hill, Pierson, Seville, Barberville); Seminole (Sanford, Oviedo, Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Lake Mary, Heathrow, Longwood, Winter Springs); Flagler (Beverly Beach, Bunnell, Flagler Beach, Palm Coast); Lake (Astatula, Clermont, Eustis, Fruitland Park, Groveland, Leesburg, Minneola, Montverdee, Mount Dora, Tavares, Umatilla; and Orange County.

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