D[avid] Brooks Smith

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

George W. BushRepublican

Seat

CA31402

Nominated

Sept. 10, 2001

Committee hearing

Feb. 26, 2002

Committee action

Reported (favorably)May 23, 2002

Senate vote

64–35Roll Call

Confirmed

July 31, 2002

Commissioned

Aug. 2, 2002

ABA rating

Well Qualified

Chief Judge from

Jan. 1, 2016until Jan. 1, 2021

Senior status

Dec. 4, 2021

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• July 31
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Gregory Turbe
• July 29
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Karen Cornish-Adebiyi v. Caesars Entertainment Inc
• July 17
  opinion issued Dissented in Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs I v. Attorney General New Jersey
• April 7
  panel identified Sat on the panel in American Society for Testing & Materials v. UPCODES Inc
• March 23
  opinion issued Dissented in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Lo v. Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp
• Jan. 30
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. James Abrams
• Jan. 28
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Rodney Phath v. Central Transport LLC
• Dec. 16, 2025
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Dawn Valli v. Avis Budget Group Inc
• Dec. 15, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Richard Miller v. City of Philadelphia
• Dec. 1, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Julien Giraud, Jr.
• Oct. 16, 2025
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Graham Lundeen v. 10 West Ferry Street Operations LLC
• Sept. 26, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Bobrick Washroom Equipment Inc v. Scranton Products Inc

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.