Board Member: John P. Schmitz

John P. Schmitz, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Former Deputy White House Counsel

Experience

International antitrust • telecom • energy and environmental • leading U.S. and German political regulatory specialist • represents U.S. and European companies on complex international transactions and regulatory matters • clients include US Chamber of Commerce, Deutsche Welle (German TV), General Electric, Bayer AG, Bertelsmann, Bosch GmbH, Gillette and Pfizer • Co-Chairman of the Federalism Initiative of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce seeking legal reform in the United States • global trade and regulatory consulting on behalf of U.S. energy clients in Germany • played a leading role in international agreements such as the 1996 U.S.-German Open Skies Aviation Agreement, and the 1997 U.S.-EU Heavy Electrical Equipment Procurement dispute and agreement (resulting in the reform of the German Procurement Code).

Employment

Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., 1993 to date • Deputy Counsel to President George Bush, The White House,Washington, D.C., 1989-1993 • Deputy Counsel to Vice President George Bush, Office of the Vice President, The White House, Washington, D.C., 1985-1989 • Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., 1984-1985 • Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship, Office of Bundestag Member Matthias Wissmann, Bonn, and Office of General Counsel, Robert Bosch, GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany • Law Clerk to The Honorable Antonin Scalia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., 1983-1984 • Research Fellow, Environmental Quality Lab, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1982-1983 • Special Assistant to William Baxter, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1981-1982 • Research Assistant to Professors John Ferejohn and Morris Fiorina, Pasadena, CA, and London, England, 1978-1980 • Legislative Assistant to Goodloe E. Byron, Member of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1977 • Legislative Aide to Charles W. Sandman, Jr., Member of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1973-1975.

Education

Stanford Law School, J.D., 1981; Stanford Foundation for Law and Economic Policy, founding member; Stanford Law Review • California Institute of Technology, M.S., Economics, 1978; Completed all coursework and exams toward Ph.D • Georgetown University, B.A. magna cum laude, 1976; Phi Beta Kappa; Dobriansky Fellowship

Languages

German (fluent)

Admitted

District of Columbia, 1994 • Pennsylvania, 1985