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John Lewis Smith Jr.

John Lewis Smith Jr.

District of Columbia District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Born 1912 in Washington, DC

Died 1992 in Washington, DC

FJC ID: 2221

John Lewis Smith Jr. (September 20, 1912 – September 4, 1992) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1981–1982
  2. District of Columbia Public Utilities Commission
    Commissioner · 1956–1957
  3. Private practice, Washington, D.C.
    1946–1956
  4. District of Columbia
    District of Columbia
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 1940–1946
  5. Air Corps
    Air Corps
    U.S. Army lieutenant colonel · 1942–1946

Appointments

  1. Superior Court of California, County of Orange
    Superior Court of California, County of Orange
    1984–1989
    Term ended: retire_vol
  2. District of Columbia District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaChief Judge
    1966–1992 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)
    LL.M. · 1939
  2. Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)
    LL.B. · 1938
  3. Princeton University
    A.B. · 1935