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Jerry Edwin Smith

Jerry Edwin Smith

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1946 in Del Rio, TX

FJC ID: 2219

Jerry Edwin Smith (born November 7, 1946) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit since December 1987.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Houston, Texas
    City attorney · 1984–1987
  2. Private practice, Houston, Texas
    1973–1984
  3. Houston [Texas] Civil Service Commission
    Chairman · 1982–1984
  4. State of Texas
    State of Texas
    Special assistant attorney general · 1981–1982
  5. Harris County [Texas] Housing Authority
    Director · 1978–1980
  6. U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
    U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
    Law clerk , Hon. Halbert O. Woodward · 1972–1973

Appointments

  1. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    1987–present · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
  2. Texas Northern District Court
    Law Clerk to the Hon. Halbert O. Woodward
    1972–1973

Education

  1. Yale University Law School
    Yale Law School
    J.D. · 1972
  2. Yale University
    jd · 1972
  3. Yale University
    B.A. · 1969
  4. Yale University
    ba · 1969