birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation alma_mater
cheverly , maryland 4 september 1968 mark w. smith
 mark smith author , commentator , lawyer new york university
mark w. smith

mark w. smith -lrb- born september 4 , 1968 in cheverly , maryland -rrb- is the new york times bestselling author of several books , a former professor of law , and the founding partner of a rockefeller center-based law firm in new york city .
smith is a regular political and legal commentator in the national media and is a former semi-professional baseball player .
mark is a trial lawyer and conservative writer .
he is the author of `` official handbook of the vast right-wing conspiracy '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- , and of `` disrobed : the new battle plan to break the left 's stranglehold on the courts '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- .
graduating from new york university in 1995 , smith is currently a trial lawyer in private practice in new york city .
he has previously served as a public interest lawyer representing a variety of clients -lrb- such as a case in 1997 about hair-braiding regulations in new york -rrb- , many of whom alleged infringements upon their constitutional rights .
he has also been an adjunct professor of law at the university of kansas law school , where he taught a course on american laws with respect to firearms ownership , and clerked for a federal judge .
