Salesia Vanette Smith-Gordon
Email: svsg@SmithGordonLaw.com

Ms. Smith-Gordon’s educational focus in pharmacy and knowledge of human anatomy offers a unique perspective and solid foundation for her work in the area of Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice. Ms. Smith-Gordon is able to offer her clients a high level of professionalism along with compassion and understanding of the issues involved in personal injury and wrongful death cases and such matters as prescription negligence, automobile accidents, and medical errors.

Prior to Ms. Smith-Gordon’s admittance to the Florida State Bar in 1993, her professional affiliations and memberships included Phi Alpha Delta and American Society for Pharmacy Law. Prior to her matriculation into law, she was admitted to practice pharmacy and became Florida registered in 1989.

Upon graduation from law school, Salesia Vanette Smith, practiced law with her mother, Jeraldine Williams Smith, Esquire who currently serves as Of Counsel to the firm. Ms. Smith-Gordon is managing partner of the Law Office of Salesia V. Smith-Gordon, PA in West Palm Beach, FL .

Born in Tampa, Ybor City, Florida, she is a life member of the NAACP and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Salesia V. Smith-Gordon and her husband Lawrence Gordon’s primary residence is in West Palm Beach, FL .

PRACTICE AREAS: Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Pharmacists Liability/ Prescription Negligence; and General Civil Litigation.

EDUCATION:

• Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, B. S.,1989
• Florida State University College of Law, J.D., 1992

BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS:

• Florida Bar, 1993
• United States District Court of Northern District of Florida , 1993
• Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal, 1993
• United States District Court of the Southern District of Florida 1997
• United States District Court of the Middle District of Florida 1997
• United States Supreme Court 2004

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT:

LAW :

• The Florida Bar
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Palm Beach County Bar Association
• Guardianship Committee, 2003-present
• Palm Beach County Trial Lawyers Association
• F. Malcolm Cunningham, Sr. Bar Association
• Treasurer 2003-2004
• President Elect 2004-2005
• Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
• National Bar Association
• Craig S. Bernard American Inn of Court
• Scholarship Chair, 2004-2005
• American Society for Pharmacy Law

PHARMACY :

• Florida Registered Pharmacist
• Florida Pharmacy Association
• Palm Beach County Pharmacy Association
• Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

• Sickle Cell Foundation of Palm Beach County, Board of Directors, 2001-2003
• The Governor’s Club, Art Council 2004-Present
• Chamber of Commerce - Leadership Tallahassee, 1993-1994
• Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce 2003-Present
• Palm Beach County Kiwanis (Westside Division) 2003-Present

SOCIAL AFFILIATIONS :

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Beta Alpha Chapter, 1984
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Zeta Tau Omega Chapter,
• Grammateus (Keeper of Records) 2003-present
• Legal Counsel, 2003-present

RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS :

• Greater Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, Riviera Beach, FL

AWARDS AND HONORS :

• Christian Business Of The Year, 2004