John Patrick Schmitz

John Patrick Schmitz is an American attorney and political advisor who served as Deputy White House Counsel to President George H.W. Bush (1989–1993), and Deputy Counsel to Vice President Bush during the Reagan Administration (1987–1989). Schmitz clerked for Antonin Scalia at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1983–1984). Fluent in German, Schmitz has worked extensively on German-American issues both in government, and since 1993, in private practice in Washington, D.C. and Berlin.