Background
Smith, Junior, Kaighn was born on January 12, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Kaighn Smith, Junior.
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University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Science, 1979). University of Sussex (Master of Philisophy, with high honors, 1983). University of Maine School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1986).
Career
Worked at Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon (Portland, Master of Engineering) specializing in Indian Affairs, Civil Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1986, Maine. Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Maine Bar Journal.
Author: Comment, "Beyond the Equity Power of Bankruptcy Courts: Toxic Tort Liabilities in Chapter 11 Cases," 38 Maine Law Review 391, 1986.
"Appeals Before the Law Court and the First Circuit: A Law Clerk"s Perspective," 4 Maine. Bar Journal Number. 4, July, 1989.
"Tribal Sovereignty and Economic Development: The Structure of Tribal Enterprises, Sovereign Immunity and The Application of Federal Labor and Employment Laws," American Bar Association SONREEL Series, Fifth Annual Conference on Natural Resources Management and Environmental Enforcement on Indian Lands, February, 1993. Law Clerk: Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Honorary Louis Scolnik, 1986-1987.
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Honorary Frank M. Coffin, 1987-1988.
Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Maine Bar Journal, 1988.
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Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Maine Bar Journal.
