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Robert R. Smith, Jr.

Robert Smith, Jr.

Fitzpatrick Hagood Smith & Uhl LLP

Chateau Plaza, Suite 1400, 2515 McKinney Avenue
Dallas, TX 75201

Dallas

Texas (TX)

T: 214-237-0900

F: 214-237-0901

Visit: www.fhsulaw.com

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Practice Areas

Criminal Defense: White Collar

Criminal Defense

Selected To

• Texas Super Lawyers 2011
• Texas Super Lawyers 2010
• Texas Super Lawyers 2008
• Texas Super Lawyers 2007
• Texas Super Lawyers 2006
• Texas Super Lawyers 2005
• Texas Super Lawyers 2004
• Texas Super Lawyers 2003

Profile

Robert R. Smith Jr. is a founding partner of Fitzpatrick Hagood Smith & Uhl LLP, a Dallas law firm with a primary focus on providing white collar criminal defense for individual and business clients throughout the Metroplex area, Texas and nationwide.

Mr. Smith's own practice focuses on representing individuals accused of white collar crimes in state and federal courts. Over the course of his career, both as a prosecutor and as a defense lawyer, Mr. Smith has handled numerous high-profile, multi-defendant cases involving charges such as money laundering, computer fraud, government contract fraud, health care fraud, securities fraud, tax fraud, banking fraud, election fraud and violations of federal statutes such as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO), Sarbanes-Oxley and the Federal Corrupt Practices Act.

Mr. Smith is a 1975 graduate of Southern Methodist University School of Law. He began his career with the Dallas County District Attorney's Office where he achieved the rank of chief felony prosecutor before moving on to serve as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Mr. Smith remains an active member of several professional organizations and is a fellow of the College of the State Bar of Texas.

About Robert Smith, Jr.

Law School: Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law

Admitted: 1975, Texas

Professional Webpage: www.fhsulaw.com/Bio/RobertSmith.asp

Honors and Awards:

Fellow, College of the State Bar of Texas

Bar/Professional Activity:

Member, United States District Court Criminal Justice Act Panel Oversight Committee
United States Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Texas, Merit Selection Committees (2)
Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Texas, Merit Selection Committee
Master, William M. "MAC" Taylor American Inn of Court
Member, Federal Bar Association
Member, Dallas Bar Association
Member, State Bar of Texas
Member, Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Member, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member, American Bar Association
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
Various, including service on numerous committees of the United States District and Circuit Courts.
Served on various Bar association committtees. See summary above.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

Speaker, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminar, Federal Practice
Instructor, U.S. Attorney General's Advocacy Institute

Verdicts and Settlements:

Numerous outstanding resolutions and verdicts. In a 2009 jury trial, represented one of four natural defendants in a major tax shelter fraud case against the United States Department of Justice in the District Court of the Virgin Islands, resulting in not guilty verdicts on all ninety nine counts.

Other Outstanding Achievements:

See summary above.

Educational Background:

Colorado College, B.A., 1972

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