Background
Fenton Smith, Thomas was born on September 27, 1948 in New Rochelle, New York, United States.
Fenton Smith, Thomas was born on September 27, 1948 in New Rochelle, New York, United States.
University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). University of Colorado (Juris Doctor, 1974).
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, et. al. v. Board of County Commander of Grand County, et. al., 482 F. Supp. 1115 (Doctorate. Colorado 1980); Town of Frederick v. Colorado Water Quality Control Commission, 641 P. 2d. 958 (Colorado 1982); Rocky Mountain Airways, Incorporated. v. Pitkin County, 674 F. Supp. 312 (Doctorate. Colorado 1987); Gramiger v. County of Pitkin, 794 P 2d 1045 (Colorado Appendix 1990); Bloomer v. Board of County Commander 799 P 2d 942 (Colorado 1990); State of Colorado v. The Mill, 809 P. 2d 434 (Colorado 1991).Worked at Austin, Peirce & Smith, Professional Corporation (Aspen, Colorado) specializing in Trials, Civil Litigation, Land Use Law, Environmental Law, Municipal Law, Administrative Law. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Colorado and United States. District Court, District of Colorado.
1976, Delaware, United States.
District Court, District of Delaware, United States. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit.
1980, United States. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit.
Recipient: Gates Foundation Fellowship, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 1986. Author: "Regulatory Takings Since the Supreme Court Trilogy," Participant I and Participant II, 20 Colorado Lawyer 1841 (1991), and 21 Colorado Lawyer 59 (1992).
Assistant Attorney General, State of Delaware, 1975-1979. First Assistant Attorney General, State of Colorado, 1979-1983.
Pitkin County Attorney, 1983-1990.
Commissioner, Colorado Water Quality Control Commission, 1984-1987. Executive Board, Colorado County Attorneys" Association, 1987-1990. Policy Advisory Committee, Colorado Environment 2000 Project, 1988-1990.
Lecturer, Continuing legal education International, Incorporated.
(Land Use Law). Member: Colorado, Delaware and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Litigation, Urban, State and Local Government, Administrative Law) Bar Associations.
Member: Colorado, Delaware and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Litigation, Urban, State and Local Government, Administrative Law) Bar Associations.