About

Al Smith

License

  • Admitted to Practice in Texas and Arkansas
  • Admitted to Practice in Federal Courts of the Eastern District of Texas
  • Member of the Texarkana and The Northeast Texas Bar Associations
  • Member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Education

  • 1984: Undergraduate: Texas Tech University
    • Cum Laude
  • 1987: Texas Tech University School of Law
    • Vice-President, Student Bar Association
    • Board of Barristers
    • President, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity

Professional

  • 1987: Associate Attorney, Keith & Wagner, P.C.
  • 1988-1995: First Assistant District Attorney, 8th Judicial District Attorney's Office
  • 1995-2004: Trial Chief, Bowie County Criminal District Attorney's Office
  • 1993-2004:Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas
  • 1998-Present: Adjunct Professor, Texas A & M University, Texarkana TX

Community

  • Past Coach and Commissioner, Dixie Youth Baseball
  • Former Treasurer and Board of Director, Domestic Violence, INC.
  • Current Member for Samaritan Charities
  • Current Member for the Board of Directors of Christian Ambassadors
  • Currently Serves as Chairman of Gateway Farm Children's Home
  • Currently Servers as Chairman of Damascus Road Restoration Center
  • General Counsel for Samaritan Charities and Christian Ambassadors