Background
III, James Louis Smith was born on March 21, 1943 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of James Louis Junior and Ellen Vickers (Smedley) S.
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James Louis Smith III
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Bachelor cum laude with distinction, Dartmouth College, 1965; Juris Doctor, Duke U., 1968.
Career
Associate, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, 1968-1974; partner, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, 1974-1982; shareholder, Trotter Smith & Jacobs, Atlanta, 1983-1992; partner, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, since 1992.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman legal division United Way, 1989, fundraiser, member allocation com.homeless and hungry, 1991, 92. Co-chairman pledge fulfillment committee Young European Socialists]Atlanta Council, 1991-1992. Member of advisory committee Atlanta Volumes Lawyers Foundation;member Association Corporation Growth, Trinity Presbyterian Church.
Member American Bar Association (federal securities law committee 1933 act subcommittee, ptnrships and unicorp. business organizations committee business law section), State Bar Georgia (chairman corporation and banking law section 1979, chairman general ptnrship and limited ptnrship law revision committees corporation section 1982-1991, chairman subcommittee Georgia business corporation code review committee 1987-1989, Executive Committee corporation and banking law section 1982-1991, lecturer annual corporation and banking law institute 1983, 87-88, 90-91, 93, 96), Atlanta Bar (lecturer annual corporation business seminar 1983, 88, advanced securities seminar 1989, 94), Practicing Law Institute (lecturer securities filings 1994-1995), Order of Coif.
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Connections
Married Jane Benton, March 25, 1965 (divorced October 1982). Children: Rebecca, Sarah. Married Sandra Howell, December 29, 1984.
1 stepchild, Kristen.
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Religion
Presbyterian