Anthony Smith

Court & Bar Admissions

Alabama State Bar
Florida State Bar

Associations & Memberships

Alabama Arbitrator Roster
- Registered Arbitrator
Alabama State Bar
Alabama State Court Mediator Roster
- Registered Mediator
American Arbitration Association
- Member
American Bar Association Commercial Law League
The Florida Bar
Mortgage Bankers Association
Orange County Bar Association
Orlando Regional Realtor Association
USFN – America’s Mortgage Banking Attorneys

Other Distinctions/Experience

AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™
Birmingham Business Journal , “Top 40 Under 40”
Birmingham Magazine , “Top Attorney”

Presentations and Events

Co-author, “5th DCA Agrees That Lenders Are Able To Recover Entire Amount Due Despite Initial Default Occurring Outside Of The Statute Of Limitations,” Insight: Mortgage Services , January 24, 2019
Speaker, “Hot Topics in the Areas of: Statutes of Limitation, HOA Superliens, FDCPA, and SCRA;” and “Foreclosure Master Session,” Los Angeles, 2018
Speaker, “Hot Topics in the Areas of: Statutes of Limitation, HOA Superliens, FDCPA, and SCRA;” “Judicial Foreclosure” and
“Foreclosure Master Session,” San Diego, 2018
Speaker, “Hot Topics in the Areas of: Statutes of Limitation, HOA Superliens, FDCPA, and SCRA;” “Judicial Foreclosure” and
“Foreclosure Master Session,” New Port Beach, 2018
Speaker, “Hot Topics in the Areas of: Statutes of Limitation, HOA Superliens, FDCPA, SCRA & Dodd Frank;” and “Judicial Foreclosure,” Phoenix, 2018
Speaker, “Hot Topics in the Areas of: Statutes of Limitation, HOA Superliens, FDCPA, and SCRA;” and“Judicial Foreclosure,” Dallas, 2018
Speaker, “Foreclosure Master Session,” Jacksonville, 2018 Speaker, “Hot Topics in the Area of: Statutes of Limitation, HOA , FDCPA, and SCRA,” Jacksonville, 2018
Speaker, “Litigation 101/Mediations,” Jacksonville, 2018 Speaker, “Operational and Legal Impacts of the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act,” USFN Loan Management & Servicing Seminar, Orlando 2018
Co-author, “Borrower Cannot Have Her Cake and Eat it Too: Lender’s Lack of Standing to Foreclose Prevents Borrower from Recovering Attorney’s Fees Under Mortgage,” Sirote’s Mortgage Services Blog, March 3, 2017
Speaker, “Hot Topics in the Area of Statutes of Limitation, HOA Superliens, FDCPA, and SCRA,” Anaheim, 2017
Speaker, “Judicial Foreclosure,” Anaheim, 2017
Speaker, “Foreclosure Master Session,” Dallas, 2017
Speaker, “Hot Topics in the Area of: Statutes of Limitation, HOA Superliens, FDCPA, and SCRA,” Dallas, 2017
Speaker, “Hot Topics in the Area of Statutes of Limitation, HOA Superliens, FDCPA, and SCRA,” Jacksonville, 2017
Speaker, “Foreclosure Master Session,” Philadelphia, 2017 Speaker, “Hot Topics in the Area of Statutes of Limitation, HOA Superliens, FDCPA, and SCRA,” Philadelphia, 2017
Speaker, “Judicial Foreclosure,” Philadelphia, 2017
Speaker, “Hot Topics in the Area of Statutes of Limitation, HOA Superliens, FDCPA, and SCRA,” Phoenix, 2017
Speaker, “Litigation 101/Mediations,” Phoenix, 2017
Speaker, “Hot Topics in the Area of: Statutes of Limitation, HOA Superliens, FDCPA, and SCRA,” Simi Valley, 2017
Speaker, “Judicial Foreclosure,” Simi Valley, 2017
Speaker, “Foreclosure Master Session,” San Diego, 2017 Speaker, “Judicial Foreclosure,” San Diego, 2017
Speaker, “Litigation 101/Mediations,” San Diego, 2017
Co-author, “Florida Court Withdraws Beauvais and Issues Two New Statute of Limitations Decisions,” inSight: Mortgage Banking , April 2016
Speaker, “Hot Topics in the Areas of Standing, DOJ Settlement, and Foreclosure Legislation,” St. Louis, Nebraska, Dallas, 2013 Speaker, “Hot Topics in Foreclosure Legislation and Case Law,” Simi Valley and Jacksonville, 2012–2013
Speaker, “Hot Topics in National Servicing Standards and Mortgage Litigation,” Dallas, 2012
Speaker, “Litigation Issues and Title,” USFN Training Seminar, 2012
Speaker, “Hot Topics in the News and How to Avoid Becoming the News,” USFN Training Seminar, 2012
Speaker, “Judicial Foreclosure,” Tampa, Jacksonville, Simi Valley, Philadelphia, Portland, Dallas, St. Louis, Nebraska, 2011–2015 Speaker, “FDCPA, Consumer Protection and SCRA,” Portland, Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Tampa, St. Louis, Simi Valley, Dallas, 2011–2013

Community Activities

Alabama Leadership Initiative (2006)
Alabama Supreme Court Justice Harold See
- Former Chief of Staff
- Former Law Clerk
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham (2006–2014)
- Board of Directors
- Young Advisory Board
Birmingham Gator Club
- Former President, Board of Directors
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
- Finalist, Prize 2 the Future (2011)
Homewood City Council (2004–2012)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Alabama Chapter
- Tiffany Leadership Award (2004)
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity International
- Former District Justice, Alabama and Georgia
- Former International Associate Tribune

Practice Areas

Financial Services (Default Servicing)

Education

William and Mary School of Law, JD, 1998
University of Florida, BA, with honors, 1995

Biography

Tony serves as the managing partner of Tiffany & Bosco’s Florida office and chairs the firm’s Florida Mortgage Services Practice Group. For more than 20 years, Tony has represented clients in financial and real estate litigation, including judicial foreclosures, title curative actions, contract disputes, collateral recovery, workouts, and claims involving fraud, consumer finance, lender liability, TILA, RESPA, FDCPA, and SCRA. Tony also represents clients in real estate transactions, handles loan closings, and issues title insurance policies. Before entering private practice, Tony served as Chief of Staff for Alabama Supreme Court Justice Harold See.