John P Schmitz

Former lobbyist at Mayer, Brown, with special focus on Enron and US chamber of Commerce; former deputy counsel to President George H.W. Bush

John Schmitz represents US and European companies in complex international transactions and regulatory matters, with a focus on antitrust, telecommunications, energy and environmental issues. He has special emphasis on US and German political regulatory concerns, with experience with numerous high-profile business and regulatory matters involving both American and German public policy and legal activities. John’s clients include the US Chamber of Commerce, Deutsche Welle (German TV), General Electric, Bayer AG, Bertelsmann, Bosch GmbH, Gillette and Pfizer. Before joining Mayer Brown in 1993, John held a wide range of significant public policy positions. Between 1985 and 1993 he served as Deputy Counsel to George H. W. Bush in both the White House and the Office of the Vice President. Following his law school graduation John was both Law Clerk to The Honorable Antonin Scalia, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1983-1984) and Special Assistant to William Baxter, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, US Department of Justice (1981-1982). Prior to law school he was Legislative Assistant to US Representative Goodloe E. Byron (1977) and Legislative Aide to US Congressman Charles W. Sandman, Jr. (1973-1975). John has also held a number of high-profile fellowships. In Germany, under a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship he served at the Office of Bundestag Member Matthias Wissmann (Bonn), and the Office of General Counsel, Robert Bosch, GmbH (Stuttgart). He was also Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology Environmental Quality Lab in Pasadena, CA (1982-1983), and Research Assistant to Professors John Ferejohn and Morris Fiorina, Pasadena, CA, and London, England (1978-1980). John is fluent in German and has received numerous German-related honors including the Distinguished German American of the Year Award in 2000 from the United German American Committee, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition Organization, and the Officers Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Deutsches Bundesverdienstkreuz), awarded in 1990 by German President Richard von Weizsaecker. High School: Georgetown Preparatory School (1972) University: BA, Georgetown University (1976) University: MS Economics, California Institute of Technology (1978) Law School: JD, Stanford University (1981)

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Richard DeVos	Spencer Abraham, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Phil Gramm, Bill McCollum, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
George G Daniels	Spencer Abraham, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Phil Gramm, Bill McCollum, David McIntosh, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
Elliott Broidy	Kit Bond, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Dana Rohrabacher, John Thune, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
Larry J Hochberg	Spencer Abraham, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Henry John Hyde, James Thomas Kolbe, Bill McCollum, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
Richard Kinder	Kit Bond, Richard Burr, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
Robert E Murray	Spencer Abraham, Kit Bond, Richard Burr, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
Donald G Fisher	Spencer Abraham, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, James Thomas Kolbe, Bill McCollum, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, Mitt Romney
Gretchen C Leach	Kit Bond, Richard Burr, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Bill McCollum, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
Sheldon Adelson	Spencer Abraham, Richard Burr, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Fred Dalton Thompson, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
John M Damgard	Kit Bond, Richard Burr, John McCain, John Thune, Phil Gramm, Fred Dalton Thompson, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
George L Argyros Sr.	Richard Burr, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Dana Rohrabacher, John Thune, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
Giuseppe Cecchi	Kit Bond, Richard Burr, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Keep Our Mission PAC, Mitt Romney
Harry Lucas Jr	Spencer Abraham, Kit Bond, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Phil Gramm, Fred Dalton Thompson, George W Bush, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
Peter O'Donnell	Spencer Abraham, John McCain, John Thune, Phil Gramm, Fred Dalton Thompson, Bill McCollum, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, Mitt Romney
Thomas D Bell Jr	Spencer Abraham, Richard Burr, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Fred Dalton Thompson, David McIntosh, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
Peter M Nicholas	Kit Bond, Richard Burr, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Phil Gramm, Bill McCollum, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
Dan W Cook III	Spencer Abraham, Kit Bond, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
Thomas E McInerney	Kit Bond, Richard Burr, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Fred Dalton Thompson, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney
Bill Gates	Spencer Abraham, Richard Burr, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Ted Stevens, John Thune, George W Bush, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Keep Our Mission PAC, American Success Political Action Committee
Thomas A Davis	Kit Bond, Richard Burr, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Phil Gramm, Fred Dalton Thompson, Bill McCollum, George W Bush, National Republican Senatorial Committee

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Aliases	John Patrick Schmitz

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John P Schmitz

Former lobbyist at Mayer, Brown, with special focus on Enron and US chamber of Commerce; former deputy counsel to President George H.W. Bush

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