About Dr. J Thomas Smith

J Thomas Smith, J.D., Psy.D., D.Min., Ph.D. was one of the original staff members of Majic 102.1. He has hosted The Saturday Morning Show since 1994. He has co-hosted “Sunday Morning Live” since 2009. While serving as a staff announcer with American Forces Radio and Television Service from Hollywood, California, his programs were heard in more than 50 countries. He was voted “Air Personality of the Year on Pop Radio” by Black Radio Exclusive Magazine (BRE).

Over the years Smith has been actively involved in the community. Recently, he received a “Top 50 Black Attorney” award from D-Mars Business Journal. He has been honored as “A Man of Style” by Let the Fashions Begin, Inc. benefiting the Texas Children’s Sickle Cell Center and Sickle Cell Patients. He was honored by the Houston Sun Newspaper as a “Houston Sun Beacons of Light: Men of Valor and Purpose” honoree, and he received the 2013 “Community Hero” award from D-Mars Business Journal. He has received a number of proclamations from U.S. Congressional members, Texas House and Senate members and the Houston City Council.

Smith is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. He has appeared in a number of industrial and training films and has worked in major radio markets including Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Memphis and Washington, D.C.

Attorney Smith has a general federal law practice. His practice areas include immigration and citizenship, bankruptcy, mental health advocacy; sports and entertainment law. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, Georgia Supreme Court, Kansas Supreme Court, Tennessee Supreme Court, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the United States District Courts for Kansas, Northern District of Georgia and the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas and Kansas.

Dr. Smith serves as a mental health consultant and expert witness. He is licensed in Texas and Georgia as a professional counselor, and in Texas as a marriage and family therapist, childcare administrator and chemical dependency counselor. He is a National Board Certified (NCC) Counselor, Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor, and Master Addictions Counselor (NBCC). Among his many academic credentials he a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of San Jose (CR), Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) from California Coast University, Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) from American Christian College and Seminary and a Juris Doctor degree, from Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law.

Smith is the author of “The Secret to a New Life” (in 21 Days) fromXlibris Publishing. It is available at your favorite bookseller.

What was your favorite movie of the past year?  Your favorite actor or actress?  Well, you can vote your choices in all 24 categories for the Oscars this year.  The Academy Awards are just hours away. Here’s your chance to  print your ballot and follow along with the show.   For the ballot and complete awards […]

  It’s going down Sunday! Only question is “Will it be a high scoring affair or a ho-hum fizzle in Space City?” Will there be steals and dunks to give you a thrill? Or, will Mayor Parker send in the SPCA to round up the bench of the NBA? O.K., o.k., a poet I’m not. […]

  The good citizens of Houston host All-Star Week-End inside the Toyota Center. Friday, the best rookies and sophomores of the NBA put their talents on display in the annual BBVA Rising Stars Challenge. Team Shaq was disappointed by Team Chuck. http://www.BleacherReport.com and http://www.CNN.com has the complete story. Read more:

Join Dr. J Thomas Smith and Val Wilson on Sunday Morning Live at 9:00 with guests Daryl Wade, Manager of The Houston Astros MLB Urban Youth Academy and MLB Great, Robert “Bob” Watson as we discuss the annual Urban Invitational college baseball tournament, featuring Texas Southern and Prairie View among five historically black colleges and […]

Friday, more than 100 officers searched for clues to the whereabouts of Christopher Jordan Dorner, 33, a former Los Angeles Police Department officer and former Navy lieutenant who is suspected in three killings. The manhunt continues this morning.  CNN.com has the story.  Read more:

According to a source close to the Jesse Jackson Jr family, the former U.S. Congressman has signed a plea deal with prosecutors.  Federal prosecutors had been  investigating potential financial improprieties.  His wife, Sandi Jackson,  is also being investigated for  possible involvement in those alleged improprieties.  CNN.com has the story.  Read more:

1 deaad…2 feet of snow…and 650,000 without power.  What a storm!  CNN.com has the complete story.  Read more:

According to Donna Brazile,  Hillary Clinton has focused on the powerless–particularly women and girls–as a matter of America’s foreign policy,  more than any other Secretary of State.  CNN.com has the story.  Read more:

It is said that NFL quarterbacks of color carry a heavy burden. Have things changed since Doug Williams played in the Super Bowl? Ty Schalter provides an interesting perspective.  CNN.com and Bleacher Report.com has the story.  Read more:

  On today’s “Sunday Morning Live” at 9:00 CT  Dr. J Thomas Smith and Val Wilson will be joined by Administrative Judge Elaine Marshall and Gwendolyn Goins, Public Information Officer to discuss the City of Houston’s Municipal Court Amnesty Program. Plus, Lauren Anderson, Outreach Associate for the Houston Ballet’s Education Department and Cookie Joe of Cookie […]

Wow!  What a surprise.   I found a refund that was due from a tax prep software program.  I even found money a few of my friends had coming.  Did you know that states, federal agencies and other organizations collectively hold more than $58 billion in unclaimed cash and benefits. You may have money waiting on […]

If at first you don’t succeed, try to change the rules.  That seems to be the position of the GOP in several states.  CNN.com has the complete story.  Read more: