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Dennis Dustin Smith is vice chairman of Tripp Scott ( www.trippscott.com ). A skilled negotiator with extensive experience handling complex financing transactions and corporate matters, he assists corporate clients with a full range of legal services, from mergers and acquisitions to estate planning. He previously served as the firm's president.

Smith is a devoted community leader who serves as chairman of both the Lighthouse Planning and Zoning Board and the Urban League of Broward County. In addition, he is a member of the board and the executive committee of the Broward Workshop, and he serves on the boards of the Regional Business Alliance, the FAU Broward Advisory Council and Pine Crest School, where he was previously Board of Trustees chairman. Additionally, he is founder of the South Florida Buy Recycled Expo, which helped raise public awareness of environmental issues.

The South Florida Business Journal recognized Smith as one of the region's best lawyers. In addition, the city of Lighthouse Point named him a true Keeper and Children's Home Society's Intracoastal division named Smith and his wife, Pat, as its Celebrate the Century honorees in 1999.

Smith holds an LL.M. in taxation from the University of Miami School of Law, a law degree from Villanova University and a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance and Commerce.
Areas of Practice:
Entrepreneurial Business Practice
Finance & Corporate Transactions
Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania
Florida
Education:
University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida
LL.M. Taxation


Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania
J.D.
Law Review: Villanova Law Review, Member


University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B.S.
Major: Finance


Honors and Awards:
Recognized as One of the Region's Best Lawyers, The South Florida Business Journal


Named with his Wife Pat as Celebrate the Century Honorees, Children's Home Society's Intracoastal Division - 1999


Light House Point Keeper - 2004


Martindale-Hubbell-AV-Rated


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association, 1974 - 2000
Member


Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1974 - Present
Member


Florida Bar Association, 1977 - Present
Member


Greater Fort Lauderdale Tax Council, 1981 - 2002
Member


Lighthouse Point Code Enforcement Board, 1988 - 1993
Member


Broward County Dept. of Natural Resource Protection Advisory Board, 1990 - 1998
Member


FAU/Broward County University, 1990 - Present
Member - Advisory Committee


Lighthouse Point Planning and Zoning Board, 1993 - 1998
Member


Lighthouse Point Planning and Zoning Board, 1995 - Present
Chairman


Florida Atlantic University Foundation
Member of Board


Pine Crest Preparatory School Board Member, 2005 - 2007
Chairman


Executives' Association of Fort Lauderdale, 1998 - Present
Member, Board of Directors (Past President)


The Florida Bar
Member


Broward Library Foundation, 1997 - 2003
Member, Executive Board


Urban League of Broward County, 2005 - Present
Board Member (Chairman 2005-2007)


Broward Workshop
Board of Directors


Fraternities/Sororities:
Sigma Nu