He is the author of Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy (2004), and of Disrobed: The New Battle Plan to Break the Left's Stranglehold on the Courts (2007).
He has previously served as a public interest lawyer representing a variety of clients (such as a case in 1997 about hair-braiding regulations in New York[4]), many of whom alleged infringements upon their Constitutional rights.
[citation needed] Born in Maryland and raised in Vermont, played semi-professional baseball in the Northern League for the Saxtons River Pirates as an infielder.
[7] Smith is also the New York Times bestselling author of several books, a former professor of law, and frequently appears as an expert legal commentator throughout the national media.
After graduating from the New York University School of Law, Smith clerked for a federal trial court judge in Kansas City.
Smith has tried jury and bench trials in state and federal court and represented clients in arbitrations, mediations, administrative law proceedings, and before governmental regulatory bodies.
[12] The New York Observer wrote a story about Smith's representation of a writer in a high-profile matter involving Tina Brown and Talk Miramax.
Smith has advised clients in connection with matters involving employment, severance, licensing, agency, assignment, intellectual property, film financing, publishing, settlement, and secured lending agreements and arrangements.
[24] Mark had appeared as a guest on the major television networks including on CNN, FOX NEWS CHANNEL, MSNBC, CNBC, BLOOMBERG, C-SPAN and COURT TV.
Smith has spoken at the Conservative Political Action Conference and FreedomFest in Las Vegas along with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, presidential candidate Mitt Romney, economist Art Laffer, authors Charles Murray, George Gilder, and Dinesh D'Souza, and Wall Street Journal editors Steven Moore, John Fund and James Taranto.