Maddie Takes the Host Seat: Laws of Law School, Getting Hired & Spike’s Accidental Legal Career

Maddie the Surfer Girl officially takes the hosting chair while Attorney Patrick Smith is in New York (and pulls off a perfect technical-difficulty prank on her). In this special episode she walks the entire crew — and a very reluctant Spike — through the full journey of becoming a lawyer: LSAT acc…

Happy Halloween: Laws of Haunted Houses Part 2, Undue Influence Alerts & Justin Bieber Energy

Happy Halloween from the Attorney Patrick Smith Show! Dressed as Justin Bieber (complete with Gen Z slang), Patrick hard-launches a special alert on undue influence after seeing a surge of cases — don’t drag your parents into the office to rewrite the will, folks. That’s totes delulu. Then it’s Pa…

Ghosts, Gators & Disclosure Laws: Part 1 of the Haunted Houses Series

On this episode of The Attorney Patrick Smith Show, host Attorney Patrick Smith celebrates Isaiah’s 38th birthday and debuts a special visual element: co-host Maddie the Surfer Girl broadcasting live from her dorm room at Stetson University in Volusia County on Bone TV. After a quick recap of Patr…

Grandparents’ Rights, Lizard Socks & Monsters of God: Florida Visitation Laws

Attorney Patrick Smith and the full crew (Isaiah freshly back from Italy, Spike on the mic, and Maddie the Surfer Girl) dive into one of the most emotional topics in family law: Florida grandparents’ visitation rights. Spoiler — grandparents do not have automatic rights. The show breaks down the na…

LIVE from Oktoberfest 2026 - Challenges, Free Trust Packages and Beach Beautification

We’re back, baby! After last year’s storm cancellation, Attorney Patrick Smith, Maddie the Surfer Girl, and the crew go live from Cole Park in Indian Rocks Beach for Action 2000’s 25th annual Oktoberfest. Paul Sagami, president of the community nonprofit, joins to share how the event funds landsca…

Illegal Searches, Dead Lawyers & Botched Executions: Fourth Amendment Deep Dive

Attorney Patrick Smith and the full crew dig into two of the most practical (and slightly morbid) legal questions of the week: illegal searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment, and what actually happens to your case—and your lawyer’s staff—if your attorney dies. From landmark cases (Mapp, …

The Laws of Uber: Vomiting Fees, Highway Hostages & $40 Million Judgments

Attorney Patrick Smith takes the wheel for a wild ride through the laws of Uber (and Lyft) — from Florida’s three-phase rideshare insurance rules and million-dollar liability coverage to the infamous cleaning fees that hit when someone spills chili, tracks in soil… or worse. Isaiah (a real-life Ube…

Five Years Strong: Ohana Estate Beach Fence Wars, Protect College Sports & Backstreet Boys Beach Drama

Happy Fifth Anniversary! Attorney Patrick Smith and the full crew — Isaiah the Magnificent (fresh off a national SBE Best Communicator Award), Spike on the mic, and Maddie the Surfer Girl — celebrate five years of real law and real fun with a special reunion-filled episode. Old friends call in to …

Whiskey for My Men, Beer for My Horses & Old Sparky’s Greatest Hits: The Laws of Execution

Attorney Patrick Smith saddles up for one of the most intense (and strangely entertaining) hours yet — diving deep into the laws of execution in Florida, complete with Toby Keith’s “Beer for My Horses” as the perfect outlaw soundtrack. From lethal injection as the default method to the infamous “O…

Citizens Arrest in Florida: When Everyday People Can (and Can’t) Make an Arrest

On this Labor Day weekend edition of The Attorney Patrick Smith Show, Attorney Patrick Smith returns to the host chair after Maddie the Surfer Girl’s highly rated guest-hosting episode and dives deep into the laws of citizens arrest in Florida. Learn when a private citizen can legally detain someo…