Background
Smith, Harold Lawrence was born on June 27, 1932 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Harold Lawrence and Lorna Catherine (White) Smith.
Patent Antitrust Trademark and copyright lawyer
Smith, Harold Lawrence was born on June 27, 1932 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Harold Lawrence and Lorna Catherine (White) Smith.
Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1956. Juris Doctor, John Marshall Law School, 1965.
Bar: Illinois 1965, Michigan 1986,United States District Court (northern district) Illinois 1965, United States Court Appeals (7th circuit) 1967, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1976, United States Court Appeals (federal circuit) 1982, United States Patent and Trademark Office 1968. Assistant professor naval science U. Notre Dame, 1960-1961. Technical assistant Langner, Parry, Card & Langner, Chicago, 1961-1965, associate, 1965-1969.
Patent attorney Borg-Warner Corporation, Chicago, 1970-1974.
Senior patent attorney Continental Can Company, Incorporated., Chicago and Oak Brook, Illinois, 1974-1982, assistant general counsel, Stamford and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1982-1986. Partner Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1986-1996, counsel, 1996-1997.
Partner Rader, Fishman, Grauer & McGarry, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1997. Adjunct Professor patent law Cooley Law School, 1991.
Served to Lieutenant United States Navy, 1956-1961. Fellow Michigan State Bar Foundation. Member Intellectual PropertyLaw Association Chicago, Chartered Institute Patent Assemblies of God Theological Seminary (London), World Affairs Council of Western Michigan (director 1996, treasurer 1998), International Platform Association, Peninsular.
Married Madonna Jeanne Koehl, June 9, 1956 (divorced 1968). Children: Lawrence Kirby, Sandra Michele, Madonna Clare Galloway. Married Nancy Leigh Baum, May 2, 1970 (deceased 1983).
Married Louise Fredericka Jeffrey, November 2, 1984 (divorced 1994). Married Marianne Lorraine Laug, April 19, 1997.
