Lawrence Jack Smith (born April 25, 1941) is an American politician, lawyer, lobbyist, and a former five-term member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida, serving from 1983 to 1993.
He attended public schools in East Meadow, New York. He attended New York University in New York City from 1958 to 1961. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1964. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1964 and he commenced practice in New York City. In 1972, he was admitted to the Florida bar, and from 1974 until 1978, he was chairman of the Hollywood (Fl.) Planning and Zoning Board.
Smith announced his retirement from Congress after revelations of bounced checks in connection with the House banking scandal and improper use of campaign funds.[2] He pleaded guilty on May 25, 1993, to one count each of tax evasion and filing false campaign reports and was sentenced to three months in prison.[3][4]
lawrence, smith, lawrence, jack, smith, born, april, 1941, american, politician, lawyer, lobbyist, former, five, term, member, united, states, house, representatives, from, florida, serving, from, 1983, 1993, member, house, representatives, from, florida, 16th. Lawrence Jack Smith born April 25 1941 is an American politician lawyer lobbyist and a former five term member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida serving from 1983 to 1993 Lawrence J SmithMember of the U S House of Representatives from Florida s 16th districtIn office January 3 1983 January 3 1993Preceded byConstituency establishedSucceeded byClay Shaw Redistricting Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 96th districtIn office November 21 1978 November 16 1982Preceded byCharles W BoydSucceeded byThomas H ArmstrongPersonal detailsBornLawrence Jack Smith 1941 04 25 April 25 1941 age 83 Brooklyn New York U S Political partyDemocraticSpouseSheila CohenChildren2EducationNew York UniversityBrooklyn Law School JD LLB Professionlawyer Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Political career 1 2 Later career 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksBiography editHe attended public schools in East Meadow New York He attended New York University in New York City from 1958 to 1961 He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and a J D from Brooklyn Law School in 1964 He was admitted to the New York bar in 1964 and he commenced practice in New York City In 1972 he was admitted to the Florida bar and from 1974 until 1978 he was chairman of the Hollywood Fl Planning and Zoning Board Political career edit From 1978 until 1982 he served in the Florida House of Representatives 1 Lawrence Smith was a delegate to seven Democratic National Conventions from 1980 to 2004 He was elected as a Democrat to the 98th United States Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses He served from January 3 1983 until January 3 1993 He was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the 103rd United States Congress Later career edit Smith announced his retirement from Congress after revelations of bounced checks in connection with the House banking scandal and improper use of campaign funds 2 He pleaded guilty on May 25 1993 to one count each of tax evasion and filing false campaign reports and was sentenced to three months in prison 3 4 Currently he is a resident of Hollywood Florida He has practiced in New York and Florida He operated his own law offices which were based in Fort Lauderdale Florida Tallahassee Florida and Washington D C From 2012 until his retirement he practiced law with the law firm of Kelley Kronenberg serving as Special Counsel and Government Relations Liaison in Fort Lauderdale 5 See also editList of Jewish members of the United States Congress List of federal political scandals in the United StatesReferences editUnited States Congress Lawrence J Smith id S000586 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Biographical Directory of the U S Congress Retro Member details Archived from the original on 2020 12 10 Retrieved 2020 03 19 Smith to Quit Congressman says he will not seek re election Sun Sentinel April 29 1992 Ex Congressman To Go To Prison New York Times August 3 1993 Supreme Court of Florida February 23 1995 The Florida Bar v Smith 650 So 2d 980 1995 No 82255 justia com Veteran lawmaker and former Congressman Lawrence J Smith joins nationwide law firm Kelley Kronenberg as Government Affairs Liaison 17 April 2012 External links editAppearances on C SPAN LinkedIn Profile U S House of Representatives Preceded byNone Member of the U S House of Representatives from Florida s 16th congressional district1983 1993 Succeeded byTom Lewis U S order of precedence ceremonial Preceded byDan Micaas Former US Representative Order of precedence of the United Statesas Former US Representative Succeeded byDan Milleras Former US Representative nbsp nbsp This article about a Florida politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lawrence J Smith amp oldid 1141807114, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
