BOUNDS LAW GROUP - Key Persons
Brent Smith has been a practicing trial lawyer since 2005. Throughout his career, he has litigated cases in multiple states as well as worked on the Science and Expert Committee for the Multidistrict Litigation involving the birth control drugs Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella. He is licensed to practice law in four states and has been admitted to practice in multiple federal jurisdictions. His experience spans from medical malpractice and nursing home abuse, to products liability and intellectual property.
Mr. Smith has obtained many multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients, including his first million-dollar verdict at age 26, where he assisted Clancey Bounds, the founder of Bounds Law Group. He was also named in Verdict Search's Top 100 Verdicts of 2006 for a case involving a $25,000,000 patent infringement jury verdict.
Prior to joining Bounds Law Group, Mr. Smith spent seven years with the nationally renowned Maher Law Firm (formerly known as Maher, Guiley and Maher), devoting the majority of his practice to personal injury, wrongful death, class action litigation, complex commercial litigation, and products liability.
Clancey Bounds, the founder of Bounds Law Group, has been a practicing trial lawyer since 1993. He has litigated cases in multiple states, including Florida, California, Arizona, New Jersey, North Carolina and Georgia, is licensed to practice law in five states, and has been admitted to practice in multiple federal jurisdictions. Specializing in medical malpractice, Mr. Bounds has obtained many multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients, including his first million-dollar verdict at the age of 30. He is also a frequent lecturer to legal associations and recognized as a Medical Malpractice Trial Lawyer - Top 25 by the Medical Malpractice Trial Lawyers Association.
Prior to founding Bounds Law Group, Mr. Bounds was a partner with a statewide medical malpractice defense firm and exclusively represented physicians and hospitals. After changing the focus of his practice to the injured and their families, Mr. Bounds joined the national firm of Maher, Guiley and Maher, where he was responsible for running the medical malpractice litigation department.
John J. Tress has been a practicing trial lawyer since 1999. He began his legal career as an assistant state attorney with the Eleventh Judicial Circuit for Miami-Dade County, where he tried numerous cases as the lead prosecutor and advanced to the Sexual Battery and Aggravated Child Abuse Unit. Thereafter, Mr. Tress was a shareholder with a well-respected litigation firm in Central Florida. For nearly 17 years, he represented physicians, hospitals and urgent care clinics throughout Florida in medical malpractice and licensure matters. Since joining Bounds Law Group, Mr. Tress has devoted his practice to representing injured patients and their family members in cases involving medical malpractice, wrongful death and catastrophic injury.
Job Titles:
- Board Member / Vice - Chairman, 2022 - 2024