Overview

Keeley Smith is a public policy and regulation attorney in Holland & Knight's Tallahassee office, where she advises national and international insurance and energy companies on regulatory and legislative matters.

Additionally, Ms. Smith represents clients in various industries before myriad state and local governmental agencies. She provides counsel for contested cases through the preparation of testimony, research and analysis. In addition to insurance regulation, Ms. Smith is also experienced in navigating the regulatory frameworks of general contractor and brokerage licensing in a number of states.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Smith was an attorney at a national law firm in its Tallahassee office, where she gained insight into corporate transactions and a broad array of regulatory matters.

While in law school, Ms. Smith gained valuable experience as a judicial extern at the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings and as a legislative fellow with the State Affairs and Pandemics and Public Emergencies committees at the Florida House of Representatives.

Ms. Smith also served as the managing editor of The Florida State University Law Review, as a contributing brief writer to the Florida State University College of Law Moot Court Team and as a research assistant to Professor Erin Ryan.

Credentials

Education
  • Florida State University College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude
  • Florida State University, B.A., English Literature and Media/Communication Studies, magna cum laude
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • Florida
Memberships
  • The Florida Bar, Administrative Law Section, 2025-Present
  • American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (ABA TIPS), Insurance Regulation Committee, Vice Chair, 2025-Present
  • The Florida Bar, Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section, 2024-Present
  • The Florida Bar, Young Lawyers Division, 2023-Present
Honors & Awards
  • Order of the Coif
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Book Award, Taxation I, Florida State University College of Law, 2023
  • Book Award, Corporations, Florida State University College of Law, 2023
  • Florida Bar City, County and Local Government Section Law Student Award, 2022
  • Book Award, Conflict of Laws, Florida State University College of Law, 2022
  • Book Award, Trusts & Estates, Florida State University College of Law, 2022
  • Book Award, 20th Century American Legal History I, Florida State University College of Law, 2022
  • Book Award, Property, Florida State University College of Law, 2020