Background
Smith, James Mitchell was born on March 25, 1949 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Abraham Irving and Clarice (Landis) Smith.
Smith, James Mitchell was born on March 25, 1949 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Abraham Irving and Clarice (Landis) Smith.
Tufts University (Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, 1971). Boston College (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Admitted to the bar, 1976, Massachusetts and United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts. 1980, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1982, United States.
Court of Appeals, First Circuit. 1984, United States. Supreme Court. Author: "Challenges to Drug Paraphernalia Laws," Drug Law Report, Fall, 1982.
"An Attempt to Cure the Model Drug Paraphernalia Acting of Vagueness," How to Try a Solid Case, 1981.
Contributing Editor, Massachusetts Family Law Journal, 1986. "Confrontation and The Child Hearsay Statute," The Massachusetts Family Law Journal, March 1993, Butterworth Legal Publishers.
Member: Hampden County and Massachusetts (Member, Family Law Division, Legislation Committee) Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association.
Member: Hampden County and Massachusetts (Member, Family Law Division, Legislation Committee) Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association.
Married Fay Bernice Hirschfeld, June 22, 1980.