he replaced gene upshaw who passed away on august 20th, 2008. his election -- prior to his election he was a trial lawyer and litigating partner, native of washington d.c.. mr. smith served from 1991 to 2000 as u.s. attorney in the district of columbia u.s. attorney's office including service and senior prosecutor in the violent crimes section in the major crimes section of the office. mr. smith served as counsel to deputy attorney general eric holder. he was u.s. attorney's office lead representative to the law enforcement committee and served as u.s. secret service multi agency command center during the 2001 presidential inauguration. during his time mr. smith focused primarily on white-collar criminal defense and liability trials and also share of the firm government investigation and white-collar practice groups. mr. smith argued numerous cases before the u.s. court of appeals and the district of columbia circuit and district of columbia court of appeals where he defended individuals in high-profile criminal cases and congressional investiga

he replaced the legendary gene upshaw who passed away on august 20, 2008. his election prior to his election he was a trial lawyer and litigating partner at pat and box and is a native of washington, d.c. mr. smith serveed from 1991 to 2000 as assistant u.s. attorney in the district of columbia u.s. attorney's office. in addition a prosecutor in the violence crimes and major crimes section of the office. mr. smith then served as counsel to a deputy and the u.s. attorney's office lead representative to the law enforcement inaugural committee and sebbed as the command center during the 2001 presidential inauguration. during his time at pat and bawks, mr. smith focused primarily on white collar criminal offense and chair of the -- mr. smith argued numerous cases before the court of appeals and district of columbia court of appeals where he defended criminals in high-profile cases and as well as fortune 500 companies in criminal and complex situations and investigations and he just recently concluded the nfl agreement, so we get our football on sunday. so pleas

i actually served eight times as gene upshaw's lawyer -- served for a time as gene upshaw's lawyer.has been a long ride. when i look back, it seems time has gone by pretty quickly. it seems like only yesterday when i got here. there have been some interesting moments. we probably have two of the best jobs. i cannot think of a better job in the country that one can have, one, that you get a handsome salary, you get to hang with all of the celebrities, and you have all kinds of other perks. you get to travel the world and meet famous, important people. which is great, but the real pride is getting to work with these young brothers. in my situation, i head up an organization in which is predominantly african-american males. from my the vantage point, these are some great kids. they're growing into men and that is where we are trying to help them to become in the process of all the attention that they get. been vindicated is not possible without them. the first walkout lasted about seven months. the players lost about $500 million. the owners lost over a $1 billion. since then, the amou

he replaced the legendary gene upshaw who passed on august 20th, 2008. his election -- prior to his election, he was a trial lawyer and litigateing -- mr. smith served from 1991 to 2000 as an assistant u.s. attorney in the district of columbia u.s. attorney's office incoming service as a senior prosecutor in violent crime section in the transgnarl major crime sections of the office. mr. smith then served as counsel to deputy attorney general eric holder and lead representative to the law enforcement inaugural committee and served as the u.s. secret services agency command center in the 2001 presidential inauguration. during that time, he focused on white criminal defense and tort liability trials and chair of the firm's government investigations and white collar practice groups. he argued numerous cases before the u.s. court of appeals and the district of columbia circuit and district of columbia court of appeals where he defended individuals in high profile criminal cases and criminal investigations as well as fortune 500 companies in complex cases, com