Terry Smiljanich is a board certified civil trial lawyer who represents fraud victims and consumers who have been denied their rights. Terry has practiced law in Florida for over thirty years, and is a Tampa native.

As a public servant, Terry has served as counsel to the United States Senate in connection with the 1987 Senate hearings concerning the Iran/Contra controversy. From 1974 to 1977, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, prosecuting organized crime, environmental pollution, kidnappings, bank robberies, and other matters. He also served as a law clerk to Federal District Judge Ben Krentzman in Tampa from 1972 to 1974. Terry was in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1972 to 1981, achieving the rank of captain.

In private practice, Terry has defended persons charged with professional malpractice, including lawyers, architects, engineers, accountants, and doctors. He has represented people injured in accidents, and victims of insurance company scams. His experience includes numerous class action cases.

Terry attended undergraduate and law school at the University of Florida, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was an editor of the University of Florida Law Review. He graduated with honors in 1972. He is very active in fundraising efforts for his alma mater, and is on the Board of Trustees of the University of Florida Law School. Terry volunteers his time as chairman of the Tampa Bay Skeptics, a non-profit scientific organization devoted to the exposure of pseudoscientific fraud. Terry's wife, Dorothy, is a journalist and writer.

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