By Dion Smith
Introduction
By way of introduction and experience, my name is Dion D Smith. I am an attorney-at-law having been called to practice in the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas in the year 2001. I have over 20 years’ experience practicing in the Magistrates’ Court, the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and also preparing applications for the Privy Council.
From May of the year 2012 to May of the year 2017, I had the pleasure to be elected as member of Parliament and the deputy speaker of the House of Assembly of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. During my time in office, I was also appointed the chairman of Bahamas Road Traffic Department (RTD) and the executive chairman of the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC).