Smith was elected unanimously to the position in March 2009. During the 2011 NFL lockout he would play a key role when it came to helping the players and owners agree on a new collective bargaining agreement. Before that position he worked as a trial lawyer and litigation partner at Latham & Watkins.
He was also the chair of Patton Boggs' government investigations and white-collar practice group. He worked as Counsel to Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder in the U.S. Department of Justice. He has represented Fortune 500 companies and argued cases before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
