Law Office of Theodore W. Small, P.A.
Attorney at Law

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About Theodore W. Small Jr.

Bar Admissions

  • The Florida Bar
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit 
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • District of Columbia Bar
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida.

Professional Recognition

  • "AV" Peer Review Rating, Martindale Hubbell (2008--Present)
  • Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (2006-Present)

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1992
  • University of Virginia Hardy Cross Dillard Scholarship (1989-92)
  • Harvard College, A.B., 1989
  • Magna Cum Laude in History, 1989
  • DeLand Senior High School, Class of 1985
  • Salutatorian and Summa Cum Laude Graduate, 1985.

Professional Biography

  • Judicial Clerk, Judge Joseph W. Hatchett, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1992-1993
  • Associate, 1993-1999 and Member, 2000-2001, Holland & Knight LLP
  • President, Council on African American Affairs, Inc., 2001-2004
  • Shareholder, Law Office of Theodore W. Small, P.A., 2004-Current

Bar Activities

  • The Florida Bar
  • Florida Bar Delegate to ABA, 2005-Present
  • Member: Board of Directors, Florida Legal Services, Inc., 2005-Present
  • Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee, 2006-Present
  • Member: Board of Directors, Florida Bar Foundation, 2010-Present
  • American Bar Association 
  • Member: House of Delegates, 2005-Present
  • Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, 2009-Present
  • Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, 2000-2003
  • Chair, Public Schools Committee of Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section, 1997-1999
  • National Bar Association 
  • Vice-president (2009-10), Secretary (2008-09), General Counsel (2007-08), Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter

 

Theodore W. Small, Jr.

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. 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. In addition, Mr. Small obtained first-hand management experience as the president and executive director of a Washington, D.C.-based, start-up non-profit, the Council on African American Affairs.


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.


His significant community activities include memberships in the ABA House of Delegates (Florida Bar delegate, 2005-), Florida Legal Services, Inc. Board of Directors (2005- ), ABA's Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service (2009-), Florida Bar Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee (2006-), Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter of NBA Executive Board (2008-10), American Bar Foundation Fellows (2006-); and have included multi-year appointments to the ABA's Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession (2000-03), the 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).

 

 

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