Background
Smyth, Herbert Crommelin was born on December 19, 1870 in in New York, New York, United States. Son of Joseph Kennedy and Gabriella (Ogden) Smyth.
Smyth, Herbert Crommelin was born on December 19, 1870 in in New York, New York, United States. Son of Joseph Kennedy and Gabriella (Ogden) Smyth.
Bachelor of Laws, New York Law School, 1892.
Member firm Nadal, Smyth & Berrier, 1894-1902, Wellman & Smyth, 1902-1933, later Smyth & Smyth, now Wellman, Smyth, Lowenstein & Fennelley. Associated as trial counsel with most of New York’s prominent law firms 35 years. Trial counsel in Gloria Vanderbilt-Whitney custody case.
Trial counsel in petroleum cracking process cases.
Atty, in important anti-trust cases. Special assistant to attorney-general of the United States, 1912-1917.
Served at Plattsburg Training Camp, 1916. Member American and New York State bar associations, Association Bar of City of New New York Clubs: Metropolitan, Manhattan.
Married Maimiee South. Murray, April. Children: H. Crommelin, Murray Ogden, Thelma South.