George Curtis Smith (August 8, 1935 – April 15, 2020) was a senior

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of the

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Education and career

Born in

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, Smith received a

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degree from

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in 1957 and a Juris Doctor from Ohio State University College of Law in 1959. He was an assistant city attorney of Columbus from 1959 to 1962, and then an executive assistant to

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Ralston Westlake Wallace Ralston Westlake (August 27, 1907 – December 9, 1978) was an American politician of the Republican Party from the U.S. state of Ohio. He was the 47th mayor of Columbus, Ohio and the 43rd person to serve in that office. He served one te ...

of Columbus from 1962 to 1964. He was an assistant attorney general of Ohio in 1964. He was a chief counsel to the prosecuting attorney of Franklin County from 1965 to 1970, and was himself the prosecuting attorney of that county from 1971 to 1980. He was a judge on the Franklin County Municipal Court from 1980 to 1985, and on the Franklin County Common Pleas Court from 1985 to 1987.

Federal judicial service

On July 1, 1987, Smith was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the

vacated by Judge Joseph Peter Kinneary. Smith was confirmed by the

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on November 6, 1987, and received his commission on November 9, 1987. He assumed

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on January 1, 2002. He died on April 15, 2020, aged 84.

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