Background
Smith, David B. was born on September 30, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Smith, David B. was born on September 30, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1970). Pembroke College, Oxford (1970-1972). Yale Law School (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Worked at English & Smith (Alexandria, Virginia) specializing in Federal Criminal Defense, RICO, Forfeiture. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Pennsylvania. 1980, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and United States.
Supreme Court.
1986, Virginia, District of Columbia, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Recipient: NACDL President"s Commendation Award, 1993 and 1994.
Author: Prosecution and Defense of Forfeiture Cases, Matthew Bender, 1996. Company-Author: Civil RICO, Matthew Bender, 1996.
Attorney-Advisor, Board of Immigration Appeals, 1976-1978. Trial Attorney: Appellate Section, 1978-1982.
Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section, 1982-1983.
Associate Director, Asset Forfeiture Office, Criminal Division, United States. Department of Justice, 1983. Special Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 1984-1986.
Associate Independent Counsel, In re Secretary of Agriculture Michael Espy, 1995.
Member, Board of Editors, Criminal Law Advocacy Reporter, 1989. Panel Lecturer: "Recent Developments in Forfeiture Law," Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Aspen, January 1995.
"Defending a Forfeiture Case," NACDL Annual Meeting Continuing legal education, San Francisco, August 1993. "Litigating an In Rem Forfeiture Action," The Second A.B.A. National Institute on Forfeitures and Asset Freezes, Miami, May, 1992.
"Forfeitures, Asset Seizures, Monetary Penalties-The Government as Robber Baron," A.B.A. Business Law Section Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August, 1992.
Member: American Bar Association (Vice-Chairman, RICO, Forfeitures and Civil Remedies Committee). National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Company-Chairman, NACDL Forfeiture Abuse Task Force).
American Bar Association. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.