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Peter J. Smith (King’s College, Georgetown University Law Center) is nominated to be U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He would replace Martin C. Carlson, who resigned Aug. 10, 2009. The district’s current interim U.S. Attorney is Dennis C. Pfannenschmidt.

Smith’s vitals:

• Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in 1940.
• Attended but did not earn degrees from the John F. Kennedy School of Government Program For State and Local Government Executives at Harvard University, Georgetown University and International Summer School at Oxford University.
• Has been retired since April 2, 2009.
• Was the deputy state treasurer for audits and investigation at the Pennsylvania Treasury Department in Harrisburg, Pa., from 2005 to 2009.
• Worked as the deputy auditor general for performance audits at the Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General in Harrisburg from 2003 to 2005. Was the director of the Office of Special Investigations from 1997  to 2005.
• Was the assistant chief of the Environmental Crimes Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, at Justice Department headquarters in Washington, D.C.,  from 1994 to 1997.
• Worked as an associate at Vaira and Associates PC in Philadelphia from 1992 to 1994.
• Was an associate at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC in Philadelphia from 1991 to 1992.
• Was the Pennsylvania Inspector General in Harrisburg from 1987 to 1991.
• Worked in the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1976 to 1987. Was First Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1986 to 1987, chief of the criminal division from 1985 to 1986 and an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1976 to 1985.
• Was a Pennsylvania assistant attorney general in Philadelphia in 1976.
• Worked as a staff enforcement attorney for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Philadelphia from 1973  to 1976.
• Was an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia from 1971 to 1973.
• Worked as a part-time research assistant at Georgetown University Law School from 1969 to 1971.
• Was a management intern at the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (Now Health & Human Services) in Washington, D.C., from July 1967 to August 1968.
• Worked as a part-time office clerk for AT&T Co. in Washington, D.C., from September 1966 to June 1967.
• Served in the Navy from 1962 to 1966. Was honorably discharged at the rank of Lieutenant junior grade.
• Has tried approximately 15 cases to verdict, judgment or final decision, serving as sole or chief counsel in most of the cases.

Click here for his full Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire.

UPDATE: On his Senate Judiciary financial disclosure Smith reported assets valued at 1.8 million, mostly from his pensions, and $104,000 in liabilities, mostly from a mortgage on his personal residence, for a net worth of $1.7 million.