Milan Smith
Milan Smith | |
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Smith in 2015 | |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| Assumed office May 18, 2006 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | A. Wallace Tashima |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Milan Dale Smith Jr. May 19, 1942 |
| Relatives | Gordon H. Smith (brother) |
| Education | Brigham Young University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Milan Dale Smith Jr. (born May 19, 1942) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Smith's brother, Gordon H. Smith, was a Republican U.S. Senator from 1997 to 2009. Milan Smith is neither a Republican nor a Democrat, and he considers himself to be a political independent. Smith is married to Kathleen Denise Crane, a trust and estates attorney.