Zack is a Legal Fellow and Manager of the Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Program in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
He previously served for several years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Florida. Prior to that, he spent two years as an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, which he joined after clerking for the Hon. Emmett R. Cox on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Smith received his undergraduate, master’s, and law degrees from the University of Florida. During law school, Smith served as the Editor in Chief of the Florida Law Review and served on the executive boards of several student organizations, including the UF Chapter of the Federalist Society.
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The State of Higher Education in Florida and Beyond
Tampa Bay Lawyer Chapter
Shutts & Bowen4301 W. Boy Scout Blvd, Second Floor
Tampa, FL 33607
Panel 2: Federalism, Freedom, and the Future of the Classroom: A Review of the Florida Model of Education Policy and Jurisprudence
2026 Florida Chapters Conference
Lake Buena Vista, FL
The Progressive Prosecution Problem - How liberal prosecutors abdicate their responsibilities and undermine the rule of law
Dayton Lawyers Chapter
Engineers Club of Dayton110 E Monument Ave
Dayton, OH 45402
Crime, Consequences, and California's Experience Not Processing Certain Offenses
Fresno Lawyers Chapter
Law Offices of McCormick Barstow LLP7647 N Fresno Street
Fresno, CA 93720
Prop 36: Crime and Consequences in California
Sacramento Lawyers Chapter
Camden Spit & Larder555 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
A Seat at the Sitting - February 2026
The February Docket in 90 Minutes or Less
Each month, a panel of constitutional experts convenes to discuss the Court’s upcoming docket sitting...
A Seat at the Sitting - February 2026
The February Docket in 90 Minutes or Less
Each month, a panel of constitutional experts convenes to discuss the Court’s upcoming docket sitting...
Judge or Jury: Who Decides Threshold Exhaustion Questions Under the PLRA?
Who decides? The answer to this fundamental question matters not only for the allocation of...
Confronting the Supreme Court’s Confusing Confrontation Clause Cases
With all of the hullabaloo surrounding federal district court judges blocking President Donald Trump’s executive...
The Supreme Court's 2023 Term: Return to Original Meaning or a Dangerous "Paradigm Shift"?
Federalist Society Review, Volume 26
Each Supreme Court term over the past several years seems to produce more momentous decisions...
