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Judges and Judiciary

Jun. 11, 2002

Directing Federal Judicial Center Presents New Challenges

WASHINGTON - Early in 1999, U.S. District Judge Fern M. Smith of San Francisco saw a letter soliciting candidates for the job of director of the Federal Judicial Center here.

PROFILE
Fern M. Smith
Director, Federal Judicial Center
Washington, D.C.
Career highlights: Appointed director, Federal Judicial Center, April 1999; appointed by President Ronald Reagan to U.S. District Court in San Francisco, 1988; appointed by Gov. George Deukmejian to San Francisco Superior Court, 1986; partner, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, 1981-86, and associate, 1975-81
Law school: Stanford La...

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