Todd Michael Smayda
Deputy General Counsel - Professional Development
Tampa Office
1410 N. Westshore Boulevard, Suite 200
Tampa, Florida 33607
Todd Michael Smayda serves as Deputy General Counsel of Professional Development for Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. For nearly two decades, Mr. Smayda has been a Partner in the firm's Tampa Hub, where he has concentrated his statewide practice on medical, dental, and nursing malpractice, pharmacy negligence, and employment discrimination defense. A litigator since 1998, Mr. Smayda now takes limited cases and has moved into a new role within the Firm's leadership team focusing on our lawyers' professional development. Mr. Smayda strongly believes in "training your replacements" so that the insurance defense industry and our firm have intelligent, zealous, and well-trained up-and-coming young lawyers.
A native of the Tampa Bay area, Mr. Smayda earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of South Florida in 1993. He earned his Juris Doctor from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center in 1998. During his final year of law school, he served as a Certified Legal Intern with the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office, where he prosecuted misdemeanor cases in bench and jury trials. He is also a graduate of the Defense Research Institute's Trial Academy (1999). Mr. Smayda is a member of the Hillsborough County Bar Association and The Florida Bar. He is admitted to practice in all Florida state courts as well as the United States District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.
In his free time, Mr. Smayda travels extensively with his wife, always enjoys the local dishes, and captures everything with his camera.
Select Representative Trials:
- Dismissal for Plaintiff's Fraud on the Court
- Summary Judgment for Fire District
- Dismissal with Prejudice for Nature Coast Hospice Caregiver
- Dismissal For Hospice Service Provider
- Defense Verdict for Volunteer Fire Department on $4 Million Negligence Claim
- Summary Judgment in Medical Malpractice Claim
Related Articles
"Caught in the Middle: A Pharmacist's Duty of Due and Proper Care" was published in The Trial Advocate, a quarterly publication of The Florida Defense Lawyers Association. The article details the pitfalls for retail pharmacists filling pain pill prescriptions in the time of an opioid crisis and the vague state of the law that allows for easy lawsuits against them.
QPWB Upholds Trial Victory on Appeal for Pharmacy Client in Opioids Overdose Wrongful Death Claim
QPWB Attorney Gets Motion for Summary Judgment Against Code Inspectors' Allegations of Dangerous Conditions
QPWB Defense Demonstrates Pharmacists Adhered to Florida Law in Dispensing Pain Medication
QPWB Lawyer Obtains Order of Summary Final Judgement for Physician Assistant
QPWB Lawyer Obtains Dismissal for Plaintiff's Fraud on the Court
QPWB Lawyer Obtains Summary Judgment for Fire District
QPWB Lawyer Obtains Dismissal with Prejudice for Nature Coast Hospice Caregiver
QPWB Lawyer Secures Dismissal For Hospice Services Provider
QPWB Obtains Defense Verdict For Volunteer Fire Department on Negligence Claims Totaling $4 Million.
QPWB Defense Demonstrates Pharmacists Adhered to Florida Law in Dispensing Pain Medication