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Jerry Edwin Smith

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987

Jerry Edwin Smith , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. 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.

Education

  • Yale UniversityB.A., 1969
  • Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 1972

Career

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

Biography

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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