MILAN D. SMITH, JR.
Mr. Smith became associated with the Los Angeles firm of O'Melveny & Myers in 1969, where he worked as a transactions specialist with emphasis on corporate, real estate, and secured financing law.
In 1972, Mr. Smith left O'Melveny & Myers to found the Firm that later became Smith Crane Robinson & Parker LLP, where he is the Managing Partner and continues to specialize in the areas previously noted as well as public entity representation. Mr. Smith is admitted to practice before the California Bar, the Bar of the District of Columbia, the Bar of the United States Supreme Court and the United States Tax Court.
Mr. Smith has had extensive experience in forming and advising business and public entities as well as negotiating and documenting a wide variety of complex business transactions, with special emphasis on real estate transactions and related environmental matters. Due to his extensive experience in the referenced practice areas, Mr. Smith has also been called as an expert witness in litigation concerning various corporate, real estate and transactional matters.
Mr. Smith has been an honoree of Marquis Who's Who in American Law, was a member of the Board of Directors of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association from 1982 to 1986 and of the Executive Committee of that Board from 1984 to 1986. He was the founding president of the Informed Voters League. From approximately 1974 through 1983, Mr. Smith served as Vice Chairman of Ettie Lee Homes for Youth.
In June 1984, California Governor George Deukmejian appointed Mr. Smith to the Governing Board of the Los Angeles State Building Authority, where Mr. Smith served as President until January 1992. Mr. Smith presently serves as the Authority's General Counsel.
In 1987, Governor Deukmejian appointed Mr. Smith to a term as a member of the Fair Employment and Housing Commission, of which Mr. Smith served as Vice Chairman. The Commission is primarily charged with enforcing and interpreting California laws prohibiting unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and public services.
Mr. Smith serves as a member of the Deseret Trust Company of California and the Fraternity of Friends of the Music Center and is a member of the Board of Visitors, School of Religion, Claremont Graduate School. Mr. Smith is proficient in Spanish.
EDUCATION
Brigham Young University, BA, cum laude 1966
University of Chicago, Doctor of Law, 1969
National Honor Scholar (1966-1969)