Edward Samuel Smith (March 27, 1919 – March 22, 2001) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and previously a United States Judge of the United States Court of Claims.
Edward Samuel Smith
Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive
Born 1919 in Birmingham, AL
Died 2001 in Birmingham, AL
FJC ID: 2214
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 15/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 36/year
Court of Claims · 1978–1982United States Court of Claims · 1978–1982Federal Circuit Court of Appeals · 1982–2001Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 1982–2001
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland1963–1978
U.S. Department of JusticeTax Division · 1961–1963- ↳chief of trial section · 1961
- ↳deputy assistant attorney general and assistant for civil trials · 1962–1963
- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1947–1961
- U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant1941–1946
Appointments
- Court of Claims1978–1982 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Reassignment
Education
J.D. · 1947- University of VirginiaB.A. · 1941