Judge Smith graduated from Easton Area High School in 1979, Franklin and Marshall College in 1983 and from the Dickinson School of Law with honors in 1986. From 1987 to 1990, he served on Active Duty with the United States Navy, Judge Advocate General’s Corps serving as Assistant Force Judge Advocate for the Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, Virginia and as Senior Defense Counsel and Senior Trial Counsel at Naval Legal Service Office, Philadelphia.

From 1990 until his election to the bench, Judge Smith was a partner with the law firm of DeRaymond & Smith. During this time, he served as Solicitor to the Northampton County Industrial Development Authority, Assistant Solicitor for Northampton County, Solicitor for Upper Nazareth Township and Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Pennsylvania.

Judge Smith currently serves as a Captain with the United States Navy (Reserve Component) and is assigned as a military judge with the Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary, headquartered in Washington, D.C. He previously served as Executive Officer for Legal Service Office 104, located at Naval Weapons Station Earle, Colts Neck, New Jersey and as a reserve instructor in international and operational law at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.

Judge Smith’s community activities, past and present, include President of the Boys and Girls Club of Easton; Chairman of the Northampton County Drug and Alcohol Commission; Chairman of the Easton Fire Civil Service Commission; President of the Kiwanis Club of Palmer Township; Director of the YMCA of Easton, Phillipsburg and Vicinity; Chairman of the Northampton County Bar Association’s American Citizenship Committee; Judge Advocate for the Brown & Lynch American Legion Post; and as an Emergency Medical Technician with the Forks Township Emergency Squad.

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