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John Lewis Smith Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 1966

John Lewis Smith Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Education

  • Princeton UniversityA.B., 1935
  • Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)LL.B., 1938
  • Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)LL.M., 1939

Career

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

Biography

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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