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[photo, William C. Smith, Jr., Maryland State Delegate] WILLIAM C. (WILL) SMITH, JR.
Democrat, District 20, Montgomery County



Member of House of Delegates since January 14, 2015. Member, Judiciary Committee, 2015- (criminal justice subcommittee, 2015-; family law subcommittee, 2015-); Death with Dignity Work Group, 2015-. Vice-Chair, Washington Metro Area Committee, Montgomery County Delegation, 2015-. Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2015-; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2015- (executive committee, 2016-); Women Legislators of Maryland, 2015-. Associate member, Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2015-.

Member, Advisory Council on the Impact of Regulations on Small Businesses, 2015-.

Chair, Community Development Block Grant Board, Montgomery County, 2004-08. Chair, Victim Services Advisory Board, Montgomery County, 2008-12.

Director, Homeland Security Advisory Council, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2011-13.

Born in Silver Spring, Maryland, February 6, 1982. Attended The Barrie School, Silver Spring, Maryland; College of William and Mary, B.A. (government), 2004. AmeriCorps graduate, Project Change, 2005-06. The Johns Hopkins University, M.A. (government), 2006; Marshall Wythe Law School, College of William and Mary, J.D., 2009. Intelligence officer, U.S. Naval Reserve, 2009- (national defense service medal; global war on terrorism service medal; joint meritorious unit award; joint service achievement award, 2015). Admitted to Maryland Bar. Attorney. Associate, The Federal Practice Group, 2014-. Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Montgomery County Bar Association; J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association; Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association. Board of Trustees, The Barrie School, 2011-. Board of Directors, The Gandhi Brigade, 2011-; The GapBuster Learning Center, 2012-; Impact Silver Spring. Founder and Chair, Youth Achieve, Inc., 2005-. Leadership Montgomery, 2012. Executive Committee, Montgomery County Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2013 (2nd vice-president, 2011-13). Thurgood Marshall Award (public service in the law), Marshall Wythe Law School, College of William and Mary, 2009. Leadership Award, Foundation for Alcohol Responsibility, 2015. Taylor Revely Award, Marshall Wythe Law School, College of William and Mary, 2015.

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