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Biography

Professor Smith is an Adjunct Professor of Law, focusing on Appellate Advocacy.  After earning a B.A. In American Studies and Political Science, summa cum laude, from Fordham University, Professor Smith earned a J.D., With Honors, from The George Washington University Law School, where he was an active member of the moot court board.

Following law school, Professor Smith served as Appellate Counsel and, later, Bureau Chief of the Appeals Bureau at the Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County, where he briefed and argued many matters before New York's intermediate appellate courts and the New York Court of Appeals.  He also served a law clerk, first with the Staff Attorney’s Office at the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and, later, to the Honorable Jenny Rivera at the New York Court of Appeals—New York’s highest Court.

Currently, Professor Smith is an attorney at Blank Rome LLP, where he guides clients through a wide range of litigation in federal and state courts, at the trial and appellate level. Professor Smith previously served as Co-Chair of the Appellate Courts Committee of the New York County Lawyers' Association.