Background
Smith, R. David was born on December 16, 1950 in New York, New York, United States.
Smith, R. David was born on December 16, 1950 in New York, New York, United States.
University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, 1976). University of Southern California (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Worked at Gradstein, Luskin & Van Dalsem. Admitted to the bar, 1979, California. Order of the Coif. Member, Southern California Law Review, 1977-1979.
Judicial Extern to the Honorary Irving Hill, United States.
District Court, Central District of California, 1978. Author: "Rohauer v. Killiam Shows, Incorporated. and the Derivative Work Exception to the Termination Right," 52 Southern California Law Review 635, 1979.
Member of Faculty, American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film Studies, Los Angeles, 1985-1989. Member, University of Southern California Entertainment Law Institute Planning Committee, 1987-1994.
Member: The State Bar of California.
Member, Southern California Law Review, 1977-1979. Judicial Extern to the Honorary Irving Hill, United States. District Court, Central District of California, 1978.