About Lisa-Gaye Smith

Lisa-Gaye Smith is a Partner at Rubenstein Law focusing on personal injury representation. Born in Jamaica and raised in South Florida, she earned her B.A. in Criminal Justice from Florida International University in 2011 and her J.D. from Florida International University College of Law in 2015. During law school she worked as a legal assistant at a plaintiff's personal injury firm, served on the executive board of the Caribbean Student Bar Association, was a member of the trial team, and was a certified legal intern at FIU's Children's Immigration Clinic. Her practice covers traumatic brain injury, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, motor vehicle and trucking accidents, premises liability, and negligent security.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Rubenstein Law Personal Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Rubenstein Law Personal Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Massachusetts jury returned a $1 billion punitive verdict against Philip Morris in 2022 over the lung cancer death of Barbara Fontaine, a case handled in part by Rubenstein Law attorney Kevin Donovan; the punitive award was later reduced to $56 million, a figure the state Supreme Judicial Court upheld in April 2026.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$20.7 millionVerdictTop 20 in Massachusetts · #16

A Middlesex County jury awarded Joseph Reppucci and his wife $20.7 million after finding that R.J. Reynolds and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. bore responsibility for the oropharyngeal cancer he developed following decades of smoking their cigarettes.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts · 2023Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$6 millionVerdict

A Miami-Dade jury awarded $6 million to the widow of Oscar Cabrera, a construction worker killed in February 2017 when a remotely operated Metromover train struck a boom lift near the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. station while he was working on the Brightline terminal project.

Miami-Dade County, Florida · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$4.8 millionVerdict

A Miami-Dade jury returned a $4,877,775 verdict for Juan Del Valle, who slipped on water from a leaking produce refrigeration unit at a Winn-Dixie in Miami Lakes and underwent three spinal surgeries, leaving him with permanent hardware in his spine.

Miami-Dade County, Florida · 2018Slip & FallRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Florida International University College of Law
J.D., 2015
Florida International University
Undergraduate, 2011

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida
State Bar of Michigan
Caribbean Student Bar Association - Executive Board (during law school)
FIU Trial Team (during law school)
FIU Children's Immigration Clinic - Certified Legal Intern (during law school)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Miami firms

Leesfield & Partners
Leesfield & Partners
$95 Million Verdict After Drunk Driver Overserved at Miami Bar Killed a Woman and Injured Her Brother
Goldberg & Rosen
Goldberg & Rosen
$1.02 billion · Champlain Towers Collapse: $1.021 Billion for 98 Victims in Under a Year
Gerson and Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers
Gerson and Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers
~$24.8 million · $37.5 Million Verdict for Miami Lawyer Who Lost His Tongue to Tobacco Cancer
Amanda Demanda Injury Lawyers
Amanda Demanda Injury Lawyers
$43 Million Broward Verdict for Couple Left in Comas by Drunk Driver
Steinger, Greene & Feiner
Steinger, Greene & Feiner
$3 Million Verdict for Handyman Who Lost Use of Dominant Hand After Tripping Over Hidden Wire Mesh

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.