David Brooks Smith

• Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

  Judge

  2002 – present · 24 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

• District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

  Judge

  1988 – 2002 · 14 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• administrative judge

  1986 – 1988 · 2 yrs

• Judge

  Court of Common Pleas of Blair County Pennsylvania

  1984 – 1988 · 4 yrs

• District attorney

  1983 – 1984 · 1 yr

• Special assistant attorney general

  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

  1981 – 1983 · 2 yrs

• Assistant district attorney

  1977 – 1979 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1976 – 1984 · 8 yrs

Education