Grasford W. Smith, Associate with Richman Greer, P.A. in West Palm Beach, focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation.  He has successfully represented Fortune 500 clients in state and federal proceedings in Florida, New York, and Washington D.C. on matters ranging from government enforcement actions to hostile takeover bids.  Before joining Richman Greer, Mr. Smith was a General Litigation Associate in the New York and Washington D.C. offices of a Wall Street law firm and the West Palm Beach Office of an international law firm.

As a law student at New York University School of Law, Mr. Smith was named a Dean’s Scholar and awarded the Vanderbilt Medal for his outstanding contributions to the School of Law.  He clerked for Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he developed recommendations and drafted revisions for firmwide policies and procedures.  Mr. Smith graduated summa cum laude, second in his major, from the College of Business at Florida State University and received the College of Business Achievement Scholarship.

Mr. Smith serves as the President-Elect of the F. Malcolm Cunningham, Sr. Bar Association of Palm Beach County.  He also serves as First-Vice President of the Black, Latino, Asian Pacific American Alumni Association at NYU School of Law.  In 2009, ICABA Media named Mr. Smith one of three Rising Stars in Law in South Florida.  Mr. Smith is admitted to the bar in Florida, New York, and Washington D.C