[1] Democratic Party until 1988, afterwards Republican.
Father: Robert Smith (author)
Mother: Janet Katz (author)
Wife: Dian G. Smith (three children)
Son: Ben Smith
University: BA, Stanford University (1965)
Law School: LLB, Columbia Law School (1968)
Teacher: Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School (1981-90)
New York State Court of Appeals Judge (2003-)
Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard Special Counsel (2003)
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Partner (1976-2003)
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Associate (1968-76)
Columbia Law Review Editor-in-Chief (1967-68)
American Bar Association
American College of Trial Lawyers
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Federalist Society
New York State Bar Association 1968