A quick rundown on the newly appointed special counsel Jack Smith, with whom I wasn’t familiar prior to today’s announcement:
Education
State University of New York at Oneonta
Harvard Law School
Private Career
Vice President and Head of Litigation for the Hospital Corporation of America (2017-18)
Public Career
Specialist Prosecutor’s Office for Kosovo In The Hague (2018-present)
First Assistant U.S. Attorney and Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee (2015-17)
Chief of the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice (2010-2015)
Investigation Coordinator in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (2008-2010)
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York (roughly 1999-2008)
Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office (roughly 1994-1999)
*Smith’s background information is drawn from public reporting and the website of the specialist prosecutor for Kosovo in the Hague.
