John Lewis Smith Jr.

1912–1992 · Washington, DC

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaJudgeLyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Nov 3, 1966Death, Sep 4, 1992

Education

  • Princeton University, A.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

Professional 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

Other Federal Judicial Service

  • Judge, District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, 1957-1966; chief judge, 1959-1966
  • Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 1982-1988

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