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Immediate Past-President

 D. Clark Smith, Jr.

D. Clark Smith, Jr.
IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT
North Carolina Bar Association
csmith@brinkleywalser.com

 

Place of Birth: Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina
Date of Birth: June 15, 1950

 

Member-Manager (1978 - Date)
BRINKLEY WALSER, PLLC
10 LSB Plaza
Post Office Box 1657
Lexington, North Carolina 27293-1657

 

DELAPP, HEDRICK, HARP & SMITH (1975 - 1978)
Lexington, North Carolina
Admitted to Bar in 1975 (North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina)

 

EDUCATION
Wake Forest University School of Law (Graduated Jurist Doctor, Cum Laude) 1975
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Wake Forest University (Graduated Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Cum Laude) 1972

Lexington Senior High School (Honors) 1968
Lexington, North Carolina

College Honors: Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity

Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities (1971 - 1972)
Member of Staff, Wake Forest Law Review (1974 - 1975)
President, College Union (1971 - 1972)

 

CHURCH AND CIVIC
Lexington Jaycees Distinguished Service Award - 1977
Lexington Rotary Club - President 1995 - 1996
Lexington Chamber of Commerce
  • President 1981
  • Chairmen’s Award 1997

Lexington YMCA - President 1985
Distinguished Service Award for Lexington ABC Board - 1989

First United Methodist Church, Lexington:
Chairman of Administrative Board; Chairman of Board of Trustees; Delegate to Annual Conference (10 years); Adult Sunday School Teacher (25 years); Prayer Breakfast Leader (10 years)

National Registry of Who’s Who
Board of Directors, Arbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community, Winston-Salem, N.C.

BAR
Best Lawyers in America - 1993 to Date
Davidson County Bar
North Carolina Bar Association:

  • Executive Committee, 1996 - 1997
  • Board of Governors, 1994 - 1997
  • Chair, Development Committee, 1992 - 1994
  • Chair, Endowment Committee, 1997 - 1999
  • Chair, Medico Legal Liaison Committee, 1999 - 2002
  • Task Force on Alternatives to Dispute Resolution
  • Chairman - Founders Division of Founders Campaign
  • Founding Trustee and Vice Chair-NCBA Health Benefit Trust
  • Vice Chair - Builders Campaign
  • Task Force on Tort Reform
  • Bar Center Steering Committee
  • Personnel Committee
  • Platt D. Walker Society

American Bar Association
22nd Judicial District Bar
North Carolina State Bar
DRI Exceptional Performance Citation (2002 - 2003)
North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys

  • Board of Directors, 1995 to 2004
  • Treasurer, 1998 - 2000
  • Executive Vice-President, 2000 - 2001
  • President - Elect, 2001 - 2002
  • President, 2002 - 2003
  • Immediate Past President, 2003 - 2004

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers -1996 to Date
International Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute
CLE Speaker for N.C. Bar Association and N.C. Association of Defense Attorneys

Last Update: Tuesday, January 15, 2008