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D[avid] Brooks Smith
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Senior status since December 4, 2021.
Confirmed 64 to 35Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- September 10, 2001
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 26, 2002
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 23, 2002
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 64 to 35
- Confirmed
- July 31, 2002
- Commissioned
- August 2, 2002
- Senior status
- Since December 4, 2021
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1951, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Appointed by Ronald Reagan; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended September 23, 2002: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1976-1984
- Assistant district attorney, Blair County, Pennsylvania, 1977-1979
- Special assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1981-1983
- District attorney, Blair County, Pennsylvania, 1983-1984
- Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Blair County [Pennsylvania], 1984-1988; administrative judge, 1986-1988
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2016-2021
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