High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ortrie D. Smith (born 1946) is a United States federal judge. Smith was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He received a B.A. from the University of Missouri in 1968. He received a J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in 1971. He was in private practice in Nevada, Missouri from 1971 to 1995. Smith was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Smith was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 30, 1995, to a seat vacated by Howard F. Sachs. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 11, 1995, and received his commission on August 14, 1995.