so polarized that voting has become more predictable than ever. Smith is also a former Chair of Lambda Legal's National Board of Directors. Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of the LGBT community. Accomplishments Best Lawyers named him the Washington D.C. First Amendment Lawyer of the Year for 2012. The American Bar Association presented Smith with the Thurgood Marshall Award in 2010. Named one of "The Most Influential Lawyers of the Decade" for civil rights by The National Law Journal in 2010. Bar membership Smith was admitted to the bar in DC (on December 18, 1981), Maryland (on June 3, 1988), and New York (in 2006). See also List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 1) References External links Profile at Georgetown University Law Center. Oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court. Oyez.com. 1955 births Living people Amherst College alumni Yale Law School alumni Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American lawyers Lawyers from Washington, D.C. First Amendment scholars American civil rights lawyers Georgetown University Law Center faculty People associated with Jenner & Block