...Association--for giving us this opportunity to show our respect, love, and appreciation for the Honorable George Bundy Smith. It is truly a great honor for me to stand before you on this wonderful occasion to give tribute to Judge Smith, a man that I hold in the highest regard professionally and that I cherish as a mentor and friend.

It is written in Matthew 23:12 that, "[w]hoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted." (1) We come here tonight to honor Judge Smith, a man who despite his rise from a segregated Washington, D.C., despite being educated at the finest institutions--including Phillips Academy, Yale University, and Yale Law School--despite his phenomenal rise through this state's judiciary, despite his many publications, and despite all of his awards and accomplishments, remains a humble man of God. When the Judge calls you, he simply identifies himself as "George Smith." No pretensions, no demand for recognition, just "George Smith." I am indeed delighted to be one of the voices exalting the attributes of this humble man and great jurist.

I had the privilege of serving as Judge Smith's last law secretary on the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Department ("Appellate Division"), and his first senior...

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