Ted Small

Before starting his own law firm, Attorney 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, Attorney 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, Attorney 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. Attorney Small earned his A.B., Magna Cum Laude, from Harvard University, where he was the recipient of Harvard College Scholarships and the Robert Winfrey Leadership Award. Attorney Small earned his J.D. 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 UV School of Law, Attorney 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”). Attorney Small’s significant leadership and community roles have also included multi-year appointments to the Hon. J.W. Hatchett Scholarship, Inc. Board of Directors (2023-25, member and founding chair);  Joseph W. Hatchett Vaults of Opportunity Scholarship Selection Committee (2022-25, member and founding chair); Diversity, Inclusion and Mission Committee of Red Cross National Capital Area (2019-2022), ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty (member 2012-17, chair, 2014-17), Access to Legal Services Committee of The Florida Bar’s Vision 2016 Commission (2013-15), Alumni Board of UV School of Law Program in Law and Public Service (2008-2014); ABA House of Delegates (Florida Bar delegate, 2005-2012), Florida Legal Services, Inc. Board of Directors (2005-2011), ABA’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service (2009-2012), Florida Bar Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee (2006-2012), Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter of NBA Executive Board (2008-10), ABA’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession (2000-03), the UV School of Law Alumni Council (2001-04), and the Selection Committee for the UV School of Law Dillard Scholar Program (1994-2006). Attorney Small was also a founding member of the Ron Brown Scholar Selection Committee (1997-2003) and the Public Schools Committee of the ABA’s Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities (1997-99) Large firm training & experience in a boutique firm for business, nonprofit and governmental clients seeking smart legal solutions. ADDRESS:  P.O. Box 172 DeLand, Florida 32721-0172 PHONE:  386-740-0788