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Jerry Edwin Smith
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- June 2, 1987
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 21, 1987
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), December 17, 1987
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 19, 1987
- Commissioned
- December 21, 1987
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1946, 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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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Halbert O. Woodward, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1972-1973
- Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1973-1984
- Director, Harris County [Texas] Housing Authority, 1978-1980
- Special assistant attorney general, State of Texas, 1981-1982
- Chairman, Houston [Texas] Civil Service Commission, 1982-1984
- City attorney, Houston, Texas, 1984-1987
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