Stephen K. Smith

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BIOGRAPHY

Stephen K. Smith is admitted to practice in Arizona, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, and the U.S. Supreme Court, and he was admitted to the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribal Courts. He attended Graceland College and Western Illinois University where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in 1964. He went on to earn his Masters degree in education at Indiana University in 1967, and his Juris Doctor from Arizona State University, magna cum laude, in 1975. Mr. Smith then served as an instructor at the Arizona State University, College of Education, teaching Law and Higher Education from 1979-1984. He was President of the Coconino County Bar Association in 1993, and is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, and was a member of the Navajo Nation Bar Association, the National Association of College and University Attorneys, and the National Council of School Attorneys. Mr. Smith’s practice focused in the areas of employment law, charter school law, education and tribal law. He is now currently retired from the law practice.