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Jan 2023
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Five Pillars of Advocacy (with H.T. Smit...

Robert Scavone Jr.
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The recipient of countless awards from dozens of legal and civic organizations, H.T. Smith is an icon in the legal community, a civil rights legend, and a champion for a “full cup of justice for the least, the last, the lost, the looked over, and the left out.”  He blazed pioneering trails as Miami’s first African-American assistant public defender and first African-American assistant county attorney.  And he established the first Black-owned law firm in downtown Miami.  He was voted the Top Trial Lawyer for 2017 by the Dade County Bar Association, listed in The Best Lawyers in America for over 20 years, listed in Florida Super Lawyers, selected as one of the Top 10 Trial Lawyers of the Year by the National Law Journal, and is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.

H.T. Smith joined Robert to discuss his five pillars of advocacy. 

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