Clerkship(s)
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Mark D. Martin, Supreme Court of North Carolina, 2010-11
Education
  • University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., Highest Honors, 2010, Order of the Coif, Editor in Chief, North Carolina Law Review, 2009-10
  • Duke University, M.A. in Teaching, Secondary Science, 2003
  • Duke University, B.S. in Environmental Sciences, summa cum laude, 2002
Bar & Court Admissions
  • North Carolina
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts, North Carolina

Daniel F.E. Smith

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230 North Elm Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
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Dan Smith joined Brooks Pierce after serving as a law clerk to the Hon. Mark D. Martin, Supreme Court of North Carolina, during the 2010-2011 session. His interest in and passion for environmental law and sustainability issues stems from his education in environmental science and past experience as a high school science teacher. Dan will focus his practice on environmental law and business litigation.

Honors & Awards

  • Honors Writing Scholar, Writing and Learning Resources Center, 2009
  • Gressman-Pollitt Award for Excellence in Oral Advocacy: Best Appellant, 2008

Past Experience

  • Science Teacher, Raleigh Charter High School, 2004-07
  • Science Teacher, Cedar Ridge High School, 2003-04
  • Managing Intern, Abandoned Landfill Inventory Project, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 2001
  • Stanback Intern, Coal River Mountain Watch, 1999

Publications

Mark D. Martin & Daniel F.E. Smith, Recent Experience with Intermediate Scrutiny Under the North Carolina Constitution: Blankenship v. Bartlett and King v. Beaufort County Board of Education, 59 U. Kan. L. Rev. 761 (2011).

Daniel F.E. Smith, Refusing to Expand Asylum Law: An Appropriate Response by the Fourth Circuit in Niang v. Gonzales, 87 N.C. L. Rev. 1279 (2009).