for Virginia
Chuck Smith
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Smith Law Group, PLC . Attorney for more than 36 years
Admitted:
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Court of Appeals . Fourth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals . Eighth Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Supreme Court of Virginia
Supreme Court of Iowa (Inactive)
Former Deputy Ombudsman . State of Iowa . 1978
Former Appeals Examiner . Virginia Employment Commission . 1983
Former Board of Directors . Roanoke Bar Association
POLITICAL/COMMUNITY
Chairman . State Wide Ethnic Coalitions Committee . Republican Party of Virginia
Chairman . Republican Party of Virginia Beach . 2006 - 2008
Chairman . The 120 Club . Republican Party of Virginia Beach
State Central Committee . Republican Party of Virginia
Delegate to the Republican National Convention . 2008
Delegate to the Republican National Convention . 2004
Graduate . Sorensen Institute 2005
Treasurer . 2nd Congressional District Republican Committee
Precinct Captain . Shell Precinct
Former Board of Directors . Campus East Community Association
President, Frederick Douglass Foundation of Virginia
MILITARY
U.S. Marine Corps (0311) Infantry (1972 – 1976)
U.S. Navy JAG . Commander (2505) Ret. 2008 (26 years combined military service)
EDUCATION
North Carolina Central University . B.A. . Political Science . 1975
North Carolina Central University . School of Law . J.D. 1978
Old Dominion University . International Law . 1982
Universidad de Costa Rica . Estudiante Oyente . Leyes de Costa Rica . 1983
Naval Justice School . Military Science . 1979
BACKGROUND
Born 4th of July . 1952
Former Resident of Colombia
Former Resident of Costa Rica
Fluent in Spanish
Married . Five children
“Every ship that anchors does so in waters deep enough that it might float
back to sea. But Republicans seem to have been beached against the tides of
history. At every opportunity we are at contrast with the issues that matter, as if
in a pond of denial. Let's get it back before every vestige of what we have
known as Republican is gone.”
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“Nowhere is the Constitution more relevant than it is here today. Nowhere are
the rights of the people more relevant than they are here today. Even during
the civil war, the voices of many of the people were aligned with the drastic
interposition and change by the executive, the legislative and judicial branches
of government; whereas, here now, the voices of majority of the people and as
seen by their votes state by state, ballot by ballot and referendum by
referendum do not align with the desire to alter the rights of many and the
fundamental pillars of the Constitution for sake of the desires of a few.”
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“No protection is ever guaranteed to anyone if the constitutional standards of
our existence are guaranteed to none. Our job therefore is not to discriminate,
but proliferate ideals fundamental to a nation, confirmed by a Constitution,
and borne before God.”
Chuck Smith