D. Brooks Smith

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D. Brooks Smith
Smith in 2017
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office December 4, 2021
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In office October 1, 2016 – December 4, 2021
Preceded by	Theodore McKee
Succeeded by	Michael Chagares
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In office August 2, 2002 – December 4, 2021
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Timothy K. Lewis
Succeeded by	Cindy K. Chung
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
In office October 1, 2001 – September 23, 2002
Preceded by	Donald Emil Ziegler
Succeeded by	Donetta Ambrose
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
In office October 17, 1988 – September 23, 2002
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Carol Los Mansmann
Succeeded by	Kim R. Gibson
Personal details
Born	David Brookman Smith (1951-12-04) December 4, 1951 (age 72) Altoona, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Franklin & Marshall College (BA) Dickinson School of Law (JD)

David Brookman "Brooks" Smith (born December 4, 1951)^[1] is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was previously Chief Judge of both the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and is the only judge in the history of the Third Circuit to have served as both a chief district judge and chief of the Court of Appeals.^{[citation needed]}