 He also served as the chairman of the Council of Independent Regulatory Agencies.Judge Smith was deputy director of the Executive Branch Management Office of Presidential Transition (1980–81); chief counsel, Reagan for President campaigns (1976 and 1980); professor of law, Delaware Law School (1976–84); special assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia (1974–75); assistant to the special counsel to the president (1973–74); general attorney, Federal Communications Commission (1973); and consultant, Sidley & Austin, Chicago (1972–73).Judge Smith is Adjunct Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law; Washington
College of Law, American University; Georgetown University Law Center; and Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America.