Background
Smith, Louis A. was born on April 22, 1939 in Lansing, Michigan, United States.
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Louis A. Smith
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General Motors Institute and Michigan State University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1962). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1965).
Career
Worked at Smith & Johnson, Attorneys, P.C. (Traverse City, Michigan) specializing in General Civil Practice, Commercial Transactions, Labor Law, Labor Relations Law, Environmental, Domestic Relations Law, Personal Injury Law. Admitted to the bar, 1965, Michigan. 1968, United States. Tax Court.
1971, United States. Supreme Court. 1972, District of Columbia. Phi Delta Phi. Director, Legal Aid Bureau, 1967-1971.
Secretary, 1973-1975, Director, 1973-1994. First Vice President, 1975-1976. President, 1976-1978, Chairman of the Board, 1981-1990 and Co-Founder of Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan.
Serves on Advisory Council, University of Notre Dame Law School, 1987. Member, Board of Directors, Empire National Bank of Traverse City, 1976. Board of Trustees, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan, 1988.
Director of Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NASDAQ), 1993. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Ingham County, Federal and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Finance and Business Law. Labor Relations Law; Negligence. Taxation); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
American Judicature Society. Fellow: Michigan State Bar Foundation. Military: With United States.
Army Reserve, 1957-1965.
Membership
Member, Board of Directors, Empire National Bank of Traverse City, 1976. Board of Trustees, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan, 1988. Director of Universal Forest Products, Inc.
(NASDAQ), 1993. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Ingham County, Federal and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Finance and Business Law.
Labor Relations Law; Negligence. Taxation); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. American Judicature Society.
Fellow: Michigan State Bar Foundation. Military: With United States. Army Reserve, 1957-1965.
