[3] After earning her Master of Arts degree, Smith was a planning analyst for Enviro-Med, Inc. in Washington, D.C., and La Jolla, California from 1973 to 1974.

[1] Premier Exhibitions Inc., the parent company of RMS Titanic Inc., the company that salvaged the artifacts from the wrecked ship RMS Titanic on the ocean floor, asked Judge Smith to award it sole title to the artifacts with covenants to preserve them forever.

[4][5] Just a few days before her decision in the Titanic artifacts case, Judge Smith upheld the validity of Pfizer Inc.'s patent for the erectile dysfunction pill Viagra.

[6] Among reasons for her decision, Judge Smith found there was no convincing evidence to support Teva's claim that Pfizer intentionally withheld documents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

[2] Judge Smith was a founding member of the I'Anson - Hoffman American Inn of Court, which "was established by charter on May 1, 1987, in Norfolk, Virginia, as part of a nationwide movement to emulate the British Inns of Court, for the purpose of promoting the goals of excellence, civility, professionalism and ethics in the legal profession" and was president of the organization between 1989 and 1991.

[7] She was a member of the Federal Judges Association's board of directors and the United States Judicial Conference Committee on Technology.