Background
Smith, BENJAMIN was born on March 29, 1962 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Smith, BENJAMIN was born on March 29, 1962 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
University of Michigan (Bachelor of General Studies, 1984). University of Miami (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1988). Editor-in-Chief, University of Miami Law Review, 1987-1988.
Lechmere, Incorporated. v. National Labor Relations Board, 112 South. Court 841 (1992); Pearson v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance. Company, 979 F. 2d 254 (1st Circuit 1992); Commonwealth v. Finelli, 422 Massachusetts 860 (1996); Wright v. Shriners Hospital, 412 Massachusetts 469 (1992); National Labor Relations Board v. Crafts Precision Industries, Incorporated., 16 F.3d 24 (1st Circuit 1994).Worked at Cain, Hibbard, Myers & Cook, A Professional Corporation (Pittsfield, Master of Arts) specializing in Criminal Litigation, Labor and Employment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1989, Massachusetts and Florida. 1990, United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts and United States.
Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
Editor-in-Chief, University of Miami Law Review, 1987-1988. Author: "Texaco, Incorporated. v.
Penzoil Company. Beyond a Crude Analysis of the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine"s Preclusion of Federal Jurisdiction," 41 University of Miami Law Review 627, 1987.
Law Clerk, The Honorable Kenneth L. Ryskamp, United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1988-1989.
Member: Berkshire, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar; Commercial Law League of America.
Boston (Member, Labor Law Section), Massachusetts and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar.