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CURRICULUM VITAE 1421 East Washington Avenue South Bend Updated March 8, 2010 CURRICULUM VITAE J OHN ERIC SMITHBURN 1421 East Washington Avenue South Bend, Indiana 46617 Telephone: 574-234-1315 (Home) 574-631-5865 (Work) 574-631-4197 (FAX) e-mail [email protected] EDUCATION: School Location Major Degree Indiana University Bloomington Biological Science B.S. 1966 Indiana University Bloomington History and African Studies M.A. 1970 Indiana University Bloomington Law J.D. 1973 BAR ADMISSIONS: Indiana Supreme Court (1974) United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (1974) United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (1979) England and Wales (Called to the Bar 1989) Senior Judge (Certified 2001 by Indiana Supreme Court – Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission) PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS -- MEMBERSHIPS: American Bar Association (1987-present) Family Law Section Custody Committee Legal Education Section American Judicature Society (1977-78; 1989-1994) American Law Institute (ALI) (2003-present) Family Law Bar Association (England and Wales) (1993-2000) Grandparents Association - U.K. (2001-present) Indiana Advocates for Children (1990-present) Indiana Juvenile Justice Task Force, Inc.--Board of Directors (1975-2000) Annual Meeting Committee--Chairman (1977) Legislative Steering Committee-Chairman (1977) Research Committee--Chairman (1977-78) Public Issues Committee (1980-83) Indiana Juvenile Justice Task Force - Board of Advisors (2000-present) Indiana State Bar Association (1974-present) Family and Juvenile Section Probate Section Indiana Correctional Association (1977-79) Indiana Judges Association (1975-78; 2001-present) International Society of Family Law (2001-present) Judiciary Leadership Development Council - Academic Advisor (1990-present) Marshall County Bar Association (1975-78) National Association of Counsel for Children (1994-present) -2- PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS — MEMBERSHIPS (cont.) National College of Juvenile and Family Justice of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (1987-present) Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Committee Continuing Judicial Education Committee Family Law Committee Permanency Planning Committee National Council on Crime and Delinquency (1980-81) National Judicial College - Faculty Council (1988-1992) St. Joseph County Bar Association (1987-2000; 2004 - present) Family Law Section Society of Public Teachers of Law (1986-2002) Society of Legal Scholars (2002-present) Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (1989-present) The Selden Society (1992-present) PREVIOUS POSITIONS: ACADEMIC, ADMINISTRATIVE, PROFESSIONAL, OTHER (Full time position in all caps) Dates Employer Location Duties 9/68-8/69 CRISPUS ATTUCKS H.S. Indianapolis, IN SECONDARY TEACHER OF AFRICAN INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC HISTORY AND CULTURE, AMERICAN SCHOOLS HISTORY; Started African Studies Program; Sponsored African Studies Club 9/68-8/69 Mayor's Office Upswing Indianapolis, IN Upswing Counselor: supervised recreation Program programs and youth counseling 8/69-8/72 Department of Inter- Bloomington, IN Athletic Tutorial Staff collegiate Athletics Indiana University 8/69-8/73 CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE Bloomington, IN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT to INDIANA UNIVERSITY Chancellor Byrum E. Carter; Hearing Officer for Associate Instructor Hearing Board; Responsible Officer (listed with U.S. Department of State) for processing university immigration law cases; represented Chancellor's Office on Bloomington Campus faculty committees and official functions 9/70-6/72 University Division Bloomington, IN Faculty Advisor; Faculty Associate to Indiana University Read Residence Center 6/72-8/72 University Division Bloomington, IN Summer Faculty Counselor Indiana University -3- PREVIOUS POSITIONS: ACADEMIC, ADMINISTRATIVE, PROFESSIONAL, OTHER (cont.) (Full time position in all caps) Dates Employer Location Duties 2/74-11/74 SCHOOL OF Bloomington, IN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DIRECTOR CONTINUING STUDIES OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INDIANA UNIVERSITY 11/74-12/76 FEAGLER, SOWINSKI Plymouth, IN PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE and EASTERDAY, (primarily criminal defense and civil ATTORNEYS AT LAW litigation) 1/75-12/75 Regional Juvenile South Bend, IN Attorney for R.J.C.P., a federally funded Corrections Project, Inc. not-for-profit corporation which administers diagnostic and treatment services for courts having juvenile jurisdiction in Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall and St. Joseph Counties 1/76-7/78 STATE OF INDIANA Plymouth, IN JUDGE, MARSHALL COUNTY COURT and MARSHALL COUNTY 8/75-12/75 School of Continuing Studies South Bend, IN Instructor, Approved Real Estate Salesmen's 1/76-5/76 Indiana University Course (requirement of Indiana Real Estate 5/76-7/76 Commission for licensees) 8/76-12/76 8/75-12/75 Division of Business and South Bend, IN Lecturer, Real Estate Law (L408), 1/76-5/76 Economics Principles of Real Estate (R300) 8/76-12/76 Indiana University 1/76-12/76 Marshall County Plymouth, IN Attorney for Marshall County Board of Zoning Appeals and Marshall County Plan Commission 5/76-6/76 Division of Public and South Bend, IN Lecturer, Criminal Law (J301) Environmental Affairs Criminal Justice Indiana University 8/76-12/76 Division of Public and South Bend, IN Lecturer, Evidence (J303) Environmental Affairs Criminal Justice Indiana University 1/77-5/77 Notre Dame Law School Notre Dame, IN Lecturer, Administration of Criminal Justice (juvenile justice process, sentencing and correctional process, post-conviction remedies) -4- PREVIOUS POSITIONS: ACADEMIC, ADMINISTRATIVE, PROFESSIONAL, OTHER (cont.) (Full time position in all caps) Dates Employer Location Duties 1/77-5/77 Division of Public and South Bend, IN Lecturer, Criminal Law (J301) Environmental Affairs Criminal Justice Indiana University 8/77-12/77 Division of Public and South Bend, IN Lecturer, Evidence (J303) Environmental Affairs Criminal Justice Indiana University 1/78-5/78 Division of Public and South Bend, IN Lecturer, Criminal Law (J301) Environmental Affairs Criminal Justice Indiana University 1/78-5/78 Notre Dame Law School Notre Dame, IN Lecturer, Administration of Criminal Justice (juvenile justice process, sentencing and correctional process, post-conviction remedies) 8/78-6/79 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, IN VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW SCHOOL LAW, teaching courses in trial advocacy, trial practice, moot court (trial) and advanced criminal law; advisor to Post- Conviction Remedies Division of Notre Dame Law School Legal Aid and Defender Association and Judicial Clerkship Program 8/79-5/82 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, IN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW, LAW SCHOOL teaching courses in trial advocacy, trial practice, moot court (trial) and advanced criminal law; advisor to Post-Conviction Remedies Division of Notre Dame Law School Legal Aid and Defender Association and Judicial Clerkship Program; member of Faculty Senate 1984-2000 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, IN Director, Notre Dame Summer London LAW SCHOOL Law Program 8/86- Valparaiso School of Law Valparaiso, IN Visiting Professor - teach Evidence 12/86 4/98- Faculty of Law Aberdeen, Visiting Faculty Fellow 5/98 University of Aberdeen SCOTLAND -5- PREVIOUS POSITIONS: ACADEMIC, ADMINISTRATIVE, PROFESSIONAL, OTHER (cont.) (Full time position in all caps) Dates Employer Location Duties 1/00-6/00 Wolfson College Oxford, Visiting Scholar Oxford University ENGLAND 1/00-6/00 Centre for Socio-Legal Oxford, Visiting Fellow Studies ENGLAND Oxford University 7/1- Wolfson College Oxford, Visiting Scholar 7/31/01 Oxford University ENGLAND 7/1- Centre for Socio-Legal Oxford, Visiting Fellow 7/31/01 Studies ENGLAND Oxford University 7/1- Wolfson College Oxford, Visiting Scholar 7/31/02 Oxford University ENGLAND 7/l- Centre for Socio-Legal Oxford Visiting Fellow 7/31/02 Studies ENGLAND Oxford University CURRENT POSITION: Dates Employer Location Duties 8/82- NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, IN PROFESSOR OF LAW, teaching courses in present LAW SCHOOL trial advocacy, evidence, juvenile and mental health law, family law, comparative family law, advanced criminal law and appellate review on the home campus and comparative family law and comparative juvenile law in the Notre Dame Summer London Law Program (see p. 28 for other Law School duties) SCHOLARLY EXPERIENCE: INVITED LECTURES, SPEECHES, PANELS, ETC. Dates Employer/Sponsor Location Duties 6/74-12/74 Indiana Committee for Indianapolis, IN Chairman, Juvenile Justice Task Force: the Humanities (Grant) "Children in Trouble in Indiana" (series of lectures and public meetings raising policy issues involving juveniles and other legal rights) 6/22/76 School of Continuing Studies Bloomington, IN Bicentennial lecture: "Two Hundred Years of Indiana University Law and Lawyers" Mini University -6- SCHOLARLY EXPERIENCE: INVITED LECTURES, SPEECHES, PANELS, ETC. (cont.) Dates Employer/Sponsor Location Duties 1/77-5/77 Notre Dame Law School Notre Dame, IN Judge Moot Court (Appellate) 4/1- Tri-State Moot Court Bloomington, IN Judge 4/2/77 Regional Competition School of Law Indiana University 4/16/77 School of Law Bloomington, IN Speaker, panelist: "Law Career Day" Indiana University 5/77-7/77 Indiana Criminal Justice South Bend, IN Member of Standards and Goals Task Force Agency Region I 5/5/77 Indiana Correctional Gary, IN Speaker: "Sentencing Alternatives in Association Annual Meeting Misdemeanor Cases" 6/4/77 Indiana Public Defenders Indianapolis, IN Speaker: "Role of Defense Counsel in Association Annual Meeting Juvenile Dispositions" (sponsored by Indiana Council of Juvenile Court Judges and Indiana Judicial Center) 6/8/77 Children's Rights and Gary,
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