Background
Churchman Smith, John was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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John Churchman Smith
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Dickinson College (Bachelor of Arts). Dickinson School of Law (Juris Doctor). Dickinson School of Law (Juris Doctor).
Career
Worked at Gibbons, Buckley, Smith, Palmer & Proud, Professional Corporation (Media, Pennsylvania) specializing in Civil Litigation, Civil Rights, Professional Liability, Products Liability, Coverage Issues. Admitted to the bar, 1962, Pennsylvania, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and United States.
Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
1969, United States. Supreme Court. Member: Delaware County (President, 1985.
Manitoba of the Year, 1995), Pennsylvania (Member, House of Delegates, President, Conference of County Bar Leaders, 1993-1994. Vice Chairman, Professional Liability Committee, 1987-1995.
Member, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee) and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations.
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Defense Research Institute. International Association of Insurance Counsel (Member, Committees on: Civil Rights.
Legal Malpractice).
American Arbitration Association. President, Guy G. de Furia Inns of Court. Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Life Fellow, Pennsylvania Bar Foundation.
Achievements
Membership
Member: Delaware County (President, 1985. Manitoba of the Year, 1995), Pennsylvania (Member, House of Delegates, President, Conference of County Bar Leaders, 1993-1994. Vice Chairman, Professional Liability Committee, 1987-1995.
Member, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee) and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations.
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Defense Research Institute.
International Association of Insurance Counsel (Member, Committees on: Civil Rights. Legal Malpractice); American Arbitration Association.
President, Guy G. de Furia Inns of Court.
Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Life Fellow, Pennsylvania Bar Foundation.
