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D[avid] Brooks Smith
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988–2002
D[avid] Brooks Smith , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. David Brookman "Brooks" Smith (born 1951) is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was previously chief judge of both the Third Circuit and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and is the only judge in the history of the Third Circuit to have served as both a chief district judge and chief of the court of appeals.
Education
- Franklin and Marshall CollegeB.A., 1973
- Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law)J.D., 1976
Career
Private practice, Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1976-1984; Assistant district attorney, Blair County, Pennsylvania, 1977-1979; Special assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1981-1983; District attorney, Blair County, Pennsylvania, 1983-1984; Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Blair County [Pennsylvania], 1984-1988; administrative judge, 1986-1988; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2016-2021
Biography
David Brookman "Brooks" Smith (born 1951) is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was previously chief judge of both the Third Circuit and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and is the only judge in the history of the Third Circuit to have served as both a chief district judge and chief of the court of appeals.
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