Tamara D. Smith

Tamara Smith focuses her practice on medical malpractice, medical device products liability, and pharmaceutical litigation. She represents healthcare providers, healthcare facilities, and other industry clients in administrative proceedings, pre-suit investigations, and formal litigation.

Tamara has represented hospitals, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, rehabilitation centers, clinical laboratories, and individual healthcare professionals throughout Florida. Her experience includes defending claims involving professional negligence, general negligence, and healthcare-related liability matters, as well as representing medical providers in investigations before the Florida Department of Health.

In addition to her litigation practice, Tamara has provided consulting services on healthcare liability issues, including serving as a private consultant on respiratory medical malpractice matters involving an innovative pathogen detection device for an industrial and life sciences investment firm. She also has presented on risk management issues affecting healthcare providers, including dental malpractice mitigation and professional liability exposure.

Throughout her practice, Tamara has secured favorable outcomes for healthcare clients, including the dismissal of a premises liability claim against a South Florida hospital and contributing to a defense verdict on behalf of a Tampa Bay hospital in a pediatric brain injury case.