TAMPA, FL—Florida’s Children First (FCF), Florida’s premiere statewide advocacy organization focused on protecting the rights of children of youth in the foster care system, is proud to announce the addition of celebrated family and dependency law attorney Christine Smith to its staff.
A long-time Floridian and Stetson University College of Law graduate, Smith joined the L. David Shear Children’s Law Center of Bay Area Legal Services, a nonprofit law center dedicated to providing legal representation for abused, neglected, or abandoned children in 2006. In 2011 Christine became a partner at the firm of Hernandez & Smith, P.A. where she focused on family and dependency law.
Actively involved in the community, Smith serves on the Hillsborough County Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Task Force and the Stann Givens Family Law Inn of Court.