Background
Smith, David R. was born on November 23, 1934 in Richton, Mississippi, United States.
Smith, David R. was born on November 23, 1934 in Richton, Mississippi, United States.
Pearl River Junior College. University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Arts, 1956. Juris Doctor, 1958).
Worked at Smith, Cruthird & Oldmixon, Professional limited liability company (Poplarville, Mississippi. Also Bay Saint Louis) specializing in Plaintiff Personal Injury Law, Insurance, Workers Compensation, Products Liability, Trials. Admitted to the bar, 1958, Mississippi.
United States.
District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Phi Alpha Delta. Prosecuting Attorney, 1960-1968.
Public Defender, 1987, Pearl River County.
Member, Governor"s Judicial Nominating Committee, 1980-1983. Bar Examiner, Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions, 1982-1985.
Member, Mississippi Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Practice, 1983-1991. Member: Pearl River County Bar Association (President, 1983-1984).
The Mississippi Bar (Member, Board of Bar Commissioners, 1979-1982.
First Chair, Litigation Section, formerly General Practice Section, 1987-1988. Member, Ethics Committee, 1981-1982. Commission on Continuing Legal Education, Charter Member, 1985-1986.
Committee for Prepaid Legal Services, Chairman, 1981-1983.
Member, Committee on Professionalism, 1987-1988. Vice Chair, Task Force on Unified Bar, 1990-1991.
President-Elect, 1992-1993. President, 1993-1994).
American Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates, 1993-1994).
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Board of Governors, 1974-1986. Executive Committee, 1976-1987. Vice President, 1978-1979.
President-Elect, 1979-1980.
President, 1980-1981). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Committeeman, 1977-1979.
Vice Chair, 1982-1983 and Chair, 1984-1985, Workers Compensation Section. Member, 1981-1988, Vice Chair, 1981-1982 and Chair, 1984-1985, Public Relations Committee.
President"s Advisory Committee, 1980-1981.
Mississippi"s American Trial Lawyers Association Governor, 1984-1986. American Trial Lawyers Association Exchange Committee and Litigation Group Advisory Committee, 1987-1988. Ethics Committee, 1987-1988).
Fellow: Mississippi Bar Foundation.
American College of Trial Lawyers. (Also Member of Smith & Liston/Lancaster, Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi).
Member, Governor"s Judicial Nominating Committee, 1980-1983. Bar Examiner, Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions, 1982-1985. Member, Mississippi Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Practice, 1983-1991.
Member: Pearl River County Bar Association (President, 1983-1984).
The Mississippi Bar (Member, Board of Bar Commissioners, 1979-1982. First Chair, Litigation Section, formerly General Practice Section, 1987-1988.
Member, Ethics Committee, 1981-1982. Commission on Continuing Legal Education, Charter Member, 1985-1986.
Committee for Prepaid Legal Services, Chairman, 1981-1983.
Member, Committee on Professionalism, 1987-1988. Vice Chair, Task Force on Unified Bar, 1990-1991. President-Elect, 1992-1993.
President, 1993-1994).
American Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates, 1993-1994). Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Board of Governors, 1974-1986.
Executive Committee, 1976-1987. Vice President, 1978-1979.
President-Elect, 1979-1980.
President, 1980-1981). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Committeeman, 1977-1979. Vice Chair, 1982-1983 and Chair, 1984-1985, Workers Compensation Section.
Member, 1981-1988, Vice Chair, 1981-1982 and Chair, 1984-1985, Public Relations Committee.
President"s Advisory Committee, 1980-1981. Mississippi"s American Trial Lawyers Association Governor, 1984-1986.
American Trial Lawyers Association Exchange Committee and Litigation Group Advisory Committee, 1987-1988. Ethics Committee, 1987-1988).
Fellow: Mississippi Bar Foundation.
American College of Trial Lawyers. (Also Member of Smith & Liston/Lancaster, Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi).