Lavenski Smith
| Lavenski Smith | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
| Assumed office July 19, 2002 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Richard Arnold |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 31, 1958 Hope, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville |
Lavenski R. Smith (born October 31, 1958) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He was nominated to that court by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001 and was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 15, 2002 by voice vote.[1]
Education and career
Smith, a lifelong Arkansan, is a native of Hope, graduating from Hope High School. He received both his B.A. and his J.D. from the University of Arkansas.[2]
Before joining the federal bench, Smith worked in both private practice and public service. Notably, Governor Mike Huckabee had appointed Smith as an Associate Justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court as well as a Commissioner on the Arkansas Public Service Commission. Smith had also been an assistant professor at John Brown University and an Executive Director of the Rutherford Institute.[2]
A recent[when?] empirical study[by whom?] of the decision making of federal circuit court judges identified Smith's jurisprudence as non-ideological and moderate.[3]
References
- ↑ https://www.congress.gov/nomination/107th-congress/889
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Department of Justice Biography of Judge Smith at the Wayback Machine (archived November 21, 2001), 2001
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Lavenski Smith at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
| Legal offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit 2002–present |
Incumbent |
- Vague or ambiguous time from August 2015
- Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from August 2015
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- 1958 births
- African-American judges
- Arkansas Supreme Court justices
- Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Living people
- People from Hope, Arkansas
- United States court of appeals judges appointed by George W. Bush
- University of Arkansas alumni
