John A. Schmidt

Areas of Practice:

• Commercial Litigation
• Tax Litigation
• Contested Probate Matters
• Real Estate Development
• International Business Transactions

Personal Data:

Born in Galveston, Texas, on September 15, 1949; admitted to State Bar of Texas November 1, 1976; Preparatory and legal education, The University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., with honors, 1971; J.D., 1976). Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1973. Member: State Bar of Texas; Galveston County Bar Association; American Association of Justice (formerly American Trial Lawyers Association); Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Galveston Island Rotary; and past Advisory Director of Strand Theater, Inc.

Admissions:

Admitted to all Texas State Courts; U.S. District Courts the Southern District of Texas and the Western District of Michigan; U.S. Tax Court; and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Experience:

Continuously engaged in the private practice of law, including transactional and litigation matters, since 1976 except when serving as in-house General Counsel for Laboratory of Regional Geodynamics, Inc., during 1993-1994, a seismic data acquisition company with international operations which remained a client until 2002, when its Russian affiliates moved all aspects of their business outside the United States. Employed as staff accountant by Peat, Marwick and Mitchell (now KPMG) during 1971 -1973 being primarily involved in the audits of banks.

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