Justice Barbara Anne Smith has been a Supreme Court Justice for the Chickasaw Nation, Ada, Oklahoma since October 1, 2003. Previously, she served the Nation as District Judge for the Chickasaw Nation. She has practiced law for 14 years with her brother, Michael Colbert Smith in a general practice with concentrations in family law, guardianships, juvenile law, school law and social security disability. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from East Central State University, her Master’s from the University of Oklahoma and her Juris Doctor from Oklahoma City University. Prior to her law career, she taught mathematics at Norman High School and at the University of Oklahoma as an adjunct professor. She is an alumna of The National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada and joined the faculty in 2004. She is a former commissioner of the Human Rights Commission for Norman, a former member of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma County Diabetes Association, and during her teaching career, president of the Professional Educators of Norman. Currently, she is a facilitator with the Native American Rights Fund Chatauqua Peacemaking Group in Boulder, Colorado. Justice Smith is also on the Advisory Council for the National Tribal Judicial Center at the National Judicial College and has taught Continuing Legal Education courses for the Cleveland County Bar Association, Chickasaw Nation Bar Association, National Tribal Judicial Center with University of Oklahoma School of Law and the Sovereignty Symposium 2005.