Craig Smyser joined Susman Godfrey after clerking for the Honorable Debra Ann Livingston of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for the Honorable Christopher R. Cooper of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.  Mr. Smyser graduated cum laude with Departmental Honors in Philosophy from Dartmouth College. He earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was a semifinalist in the Ames Moot Court competition and served as Executive Submissions Editor of the Journal on Legislation.  Prior to law school, Mr. Smyser served as a Fulbright Teaching Fellow in Turkey and worked as a consultant for L.E.K. Consulting in New York City.