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Lavenski R. Smith
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- September 4, 2001
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 23, 2002
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 27, 2002
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- July 15, 2002
- Commissioned
- July 19, 2002
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1958, 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 in private practice, Arkansas, 1985-1987
- Staff attorney, Ozark Legal Services, 1987-1991
- Private practice, Springdale, Arkansas, 1991-1994
- Assistant professor, John Brown University, 1994-1996
- Regulatory liaison, Gov. Mike Huckabee, Arkansas, 1996-1997
- Arkansas Public Service Commission, 1997-1999, 2001-2002; chairman, 1997-1999; commissioner, 2001-2002
- Associate justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, 1999-2000
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2017-2024
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