Edward Samuel Smith

Judge Edward Samuel Smith

Personal

Birthday:

3/27/1919

Birthplace:

Birmingham, AL

Date of Death:

3/22/2001

Place of Death:

Birmingham, AL

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant, 1941-1946
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1947-1961
Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1961-1963; chief of trial section, 1961; deputy assistant attorney general and assistant for civil trials, 1962-1963
Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1963-1978

Education

Name of School:

University of Virginia

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1941

Name of School - Second:

University of Virginia School of Law

Virginia is justly famous for its collegial environment that bonds students and faculty, and student satisfaction is consistently cited as among the highest in American law schools. Intellectual challenges are met in a spirit of cooperation. Small first-year sections promote individual inquiry while providing support and friendship. Students learn together, reading each other's work and freely sharing course outlines and other materials, confidently relying on the nation's oldest student-run Honor System to maintain the highest ethical standards.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1947

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Court of Claims

Court Name:

United States Court of Federal Claims

President Nominating:

Jimmy Carter

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

7/28/1978

Termination Date:

9/30/1982

Termination Reason:

Reassignment

Court Name - Second:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Court Name - Second:

Federal Circuit Appeals Court

Commission Date - Second:

10/1/1982

Retirement from Active Service - Second:

6/1/1989

Termination Date - Second:

3/22/2001

Termination Reason - Second:

Death