About Us
Putting Families First
Smith Family Law Firm Office

The Smith Family Law Center is more than just a law firm.   At its heart, the Smith Family Law Center houses Southwest Florida’s premiere family law attorneys, but the office has many other services to offer. Affiliates that are located in the Smith Family Law Center include an experienced family therapist, who is available for Smith Family Law Center clients and the public at large to help them through the emotional and difficult times that go hand in hand with family law issues.  Should you find you are in need of a place to have supervised visitation with your children, we have a Supervised Visitation Center, staffed by experienced, licensed mental health counselors and supervisors, and equipped with state of the art video and audio monitoring.  The Supervised Visitation Center is a large, comfortable room with a fun play area equipped with children’s needs in mind.

The Smith Family Law Center also has several value packages for the more routine family law issues.  These include:

We also offer low-cost simple Estate Planning Packages for Individuals and Married Couples.

Our quaint, Key West style is both a comfortable and relaxing environment for meetings and conferences.  Whether you are meeting with attorneys, mediators, counselours, or financial experts, you will feel at ease at the Smith Family Law Center

Many times during a divorce couples find they need financial advice along the way. Smith Family Law Center affiliates include debt consultants and financial experts that clients can consult with as needed. The Smith Family Law Center is a center for your family’s legal, financial and mental health needs during family crises.

Smith Family Law Firm Office

Serving the 20th Judicial Circuit and headquartered in Fort Myers, the Smith Family Law Center offers Southwest Florida a fresh perspective on the practice of family law. Cutting-edge technology coupled with client-centered dispute resolution is the hallmark of the Smith Family Law Center.

Who We Are

  • Laurence J. Smith
Laurence J. Smith, Esq.
Laurence J. Smith, Esq.
Laurence Smith was born in Suffern, New York, and moved to Florida in 1978 at the age of 12. He attended Hallandale HS in Broward County, graduating with honors in 1984. Larry next attended the University of Miami to study Politics and Public Affairs, but when that major was merged into the business school, he transferred to Florida State University. Majoring in Political Science with a minor in American History, he graduated from FSU in 1988.
  • Patricia Wadley
Patricia Wadley
Patricia Wadley
Patricia "Patsy" Wadley comes to Smith Family Law Center following many years of litigation and management experience. She has worked on many well-known and well-publicized projects, including the Watergate investigation, Desert Storm coordination, Hurricane Charley and with the USS Missouri Association where she was invaluable in assisting to bring the battleship back to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Patsy was born in Virginia and began her career in Washington, D.C. She has lived in Cincinnati, Boston and Honolulu, Hawaii, where she lived for 5 years. Patsy relocated to Florida because of the weather, beaches and lifestyle. Patsy has one son, Brian who recently blessed her with her first granddaughter Yazzy. She is an enthusiastic and loving grandmother to Yazzy, and if asked she will share with you one of the many tales of Yazzy's incipient genius. Patsy loves to travel and explore new places, spend time with her family, bike ride on her chopper, kayak, hike, swim and has lived in Florida for 12 years. The Smith Family Law Center is pleased to have brought Patsy into the business as the Office Manager. She will be sure to keep the office running in world-class style.