Background
Smith, Lawrence A. was born on September 25, 1936 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence Anthony Senior andAlyce Lucille (Johnston) S.
Smith, Lawrence A. was born on September 25, 1936 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence Anthony Senior andAlyce Lucille (Johnston) S.
University of Missouri (Bachelor of Arts). University of Baltimore (Juris Doctor).
Bar: Illinois 1961, United States District Court (northern district) Illinois 1963, United States Court Appeals 1989. Partner Smith, Smith & Smith, Savanna, Illinois, 1961-1975. Associate judge 15th Judicial Circuit, Freeport, Illinois, 1975-1978.
Circuit judge, Freeport, 1978. judicial conferences of Illinois, 1993.
Trustee Savanna Township Library, 1965-1971. Member Northern Illinois Synod Council Evangelical Lutheran Church in American, 1990-1996.
Board directors Lutheran Social Superior vena cava syndrome Illinois, 1996.
Member American Bar Association, Inter-American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association (chairman Interprofessional Cooperative committee 1993), Chicago Bar Association, Stephenson County Bar Association, Young Men's Christian Association (board directors 1988).
Married Donna Hacker. Children: Lawrence III, Amy, Ann, Andrew, Sean, Alicia, Margaret.