Milan Smith

Milan Smith
Smith in 2015
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Assumed office
May 18, 2006
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byA. Wallace Tashima
Personal details
Born (1942-05-19) May 19, 1942
Pendleton, Oregon, U.S.
RelationsGordon H. Smith (brother)
EducationBrigham Young University (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)

Milan Dale Smith, Jr. (born May 19, 1942) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Smith's brother, Gordon H. Smith, was a Republican U.S. Senator from 1997 to 2009. Milan Smith is neither a Republican nor a Democrat, and he considers himself to be a political independent.