Joseph Schmitz
 Joseph Schmitz    (Lawyer) | |
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| Born | Joseph Edward Schmitz August 28, 1956 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Member of | American Council on Germany/Young Leaders/1996, Blackwater, Knights of Malta, Squire Patton Boggs |
| Party | Republican |
Joseph Edward Schmitz (born August 28, 1956) is an American lawyer, former inspector general of the United States Department of Defense and a former executive with Blackwater Worldwide. After working as a watchdog at the Pentagon for three and a half years, Schmitz resigned to return to the private sector. Although allegations questioning his stewardship of the inspector general's office surfaced nine months after his resignation, a high-level review board, the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency, cleared him of all wrongdoing in 2006.[1] He was named one of Donald Trump's foreign policy advisors for his 2016 presidential campaign.[2]
Biography
Schmitz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,[3] the son of John G. Schmitz, former California State Senator, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. presidential candidate in 1972. Schmitz attended Catholic schools as a child, and Georgetown Preparatory School for high school, a time period in which his father also served in Congress. He holds a Bachelor of Science (1978) from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where he was on the wrestling team, and a Juris Doctor (1986) from Stanford University. His three siblings include: Mary Kay Letourneau, Jerome Schmitz, and John Schmitz.[4]
Upon graduation from the Naval Academy, Schmitz served in the U.S. Navy for approximately four years, including a stint as an exchange officer with the German Navy. After leaving active duty, Schmitz went to law school, and was in the Naval Reserve until 2001. He clerked with James L. Buckley, Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit Court, and was a special assistant to Attorney General Edwin Meese III during the Reagan Administration. Schmitz entered the private sector in 1987, eventually joining the Patton Boggs law firm in Washington, D.C.[5] He was also an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University in the 1990s, and founded his own firm, Joseph E. Schmitz, PLLC, in 2008.[6]
He is a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta,[7] and a co-author of the book, Sharia: The Threat to America.[8]
As Inspector General, Schmitz investigated involvement of the U.S. military in the sex trade in South Korea, Bosnia, and Kosovo.
Schmitz serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for CharityEngine, a software company based in McLean, Virginia.
References
- ↑ http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-joseph-e-schmitz-foreign-policy-pentagon-dod-germany-wrong-doing-439239
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/03/21/meet-the-men-shaping-donald-trumps-foreign-policy-views/
- ↑ U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, Nominations before the Senate Armed Services Committee, first session, 107th Congress, 1616
- ↑ http://www.nndb.com/people/466/000104154/
- ↑ Scahill, Jeremy. (2007). Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. New York: Nation Books. See Chapter Seventeen: "Joseph Schmitz: Christian Soldier." 303.
- ↑ http://www.jespllc.com/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071013082339/http://www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/_dsp/dsp_authorBio3.cfm?authID=10 |
- ↑ Sharia: The Threat To America, Center for Security Policy
