Talk:Jerry Edwin Smith

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Former Clerks[edit]

The former clerks section has been rapidly expanded recently, perhaps too much. Most judges' pages do not list former clerks at all. Some of Judge Smith's clerks are clearly notable, such as those who have gone on to government service (Eid, Ho), those who merit their own Wikipedia page (Berliner, Steinberg, Zywicki), and maybe the other professors. But I don't think it's particularly notable that many of his former clerks have gone on to become partners at law firms, since that is true of most appellate law clerks eventually. Certainly founding your own law firm would be relevant, but maybe all of the "regular" law firm partners should be removed. --Libertylaw (talk) 14:53, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, and the clerks who have gone on to be law school professors, but who have not had notable careers thus far should be removed also. 69.217.205.12 (talk) 09:13, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Removed the following

Ronald Colombo (1998-99), Associate Professor of Law, Hofstra Law School^[1]
Thomas Dupree (1997–98), former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States (Civil Division)^[2]
Dimple Gupta (2001–02), former Chief Counsel for Constitutional Matters for the Senate Judiciary Committee
Jim Hawkins (2006–07), Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center^[3]
Stephen E. Henderson] (1999–2000), Professor of Law, The University of Oklahoma College of Law^[4]
James C. Ho, (1999–2000), former Solicitor General of Texas^[5]
Daryl Joseffer, former Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States; former Deputy General Counsel, Office of Management & Budget ^[6]
Lee Kovarsky (2004-05), Assistant Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law^[7]
Julian Ku (1998–99), Professor of Law, Hofstra Law School^[8]
Thom Lambert (1998–99), Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri School of Law^[9]
David Olson (2000–01), Assistant Professor of Law, Boston College Law School^[10]
Margaret Peterlin, former Deputy Director of the United States Patent & Trademark Office^[11]
Ilya Somin] (2001–02), Associate Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law, and Volokh Conspiracy contributor^[12]

69.217.205.12 (talk) 11:26, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Hofstra Law Faculty Directory Archives

[2] Gibson Dunn Lawyers

[3] UH Law Center Faculty Directory

[4] University of Oklahoma College of Law Faculty Directory

[5] Gibson Dunn Lawyers

[6] King & Spaulding People

[7] University of Maryland Faculty Profiles

[8] Hofstra Law Faculty Directory

[9] University of Missouri School of Law Faculty

[10] Boston College Law School Faculty

[11] [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2007/05/commerce_secret.html Patently O, Patent blog

[12] George Mason University School of Law Faculty

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