I am an ‘always leading from the front’ type of guy,” said Jason Smith, recently elected district attorney for New Hanover and Pender counties. “Whether at home or while practicing law or serving in the military, I can’t sit back and let someone else lead.”
So when Ben David, the then-New Hanover and Pender County DA, announced his retirement to form the Community Justice Center, Smith knew he didn’t want to sit back.
Smith served as an assistant district attorney in New Hanover and Pender counties from 2010 until 2024 when he was elected DA. Smith has prosecuted cases involving human trafficking, adult and child sexual offenses, homicides, white-collar crimes and criminal low-level misdemeanors…