Background
Smith, James Arthur was born on September 30, 1955 in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. Son of Arthur James and Donna Delphine (Cramer) Smith.
Smith, James Arthur was born on September 30, 1955 in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. Son of Arthur James and Donna Delphine (Cramer) Smith.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Drake U., 1977; Master of Public Administration, Drake U., 1978; Juris Doctor cum laude, Harvard University, 1981.
Environmental resource planner, Iowa Department of Environmental Quality, Des Moines, 1977-1978; law clerk, Honorary Gerald Bard Tjoflat, United States Court Appeals (11th circuit), Jacksonville, Florida, 1981-1982; associate, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, 1982-1990; partner, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, since 1990.
Member planning board of the town of Concord, Massachusetts, 1985-1991, clerk 1986, 88-90, vicechair 1986-1987, chair 1987-1988, member finance committee since 1991. Member American Bar Association (business section, environmental controls committee, commercial finance services committee section on natural resources, energy and environmental law), Boston Bar Association (legal opinions committee).
Married Darien Noel Hall, June 24, 1978. 1 child, Arthur Vance.