William Schmittel Email & Phone Number

Pentagon

The Pentagon

The Pentagon

Falls Church, VA

Legal Advisor to the General Counsel and the Director of the Defense Health Agency, at a multi-service agency responsible for all healthcare in the Department of Defense; provides advice on beneficiary programs and support to large organizations (CCMDs) in DHA’s role as a combat support agency. Primary counsel to the DHA Director of Operations (J3) on US.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Legal Advisor to the Deputy General Counsel (Intelligence) and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD(I)) on Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Counterintelligence (CI), Foreign Materiel Acquisition, Oversight, Cover, and Sensitive National Programs. The Army Judge Advocate General Detailed me to work in the Intelligence Law Section for Ms. Eliana.

Monterey, CA

• Principal legal advisor to the Commandant, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Department of Defense’s (DOD) premier linguistic, cultural, educational and research institution
• Responsible for administering military justice and providing legal counsel to the General Court-Martial Convening Authority; as well as the Commander, United States Army Garrison Presidio of Monterey; the School and.
• Leads a full service legal office, supervising and overseeing the professional development of 29 personnel 5 military attorneys, 7 civilian attorneys, 4 paralegal NCOs and 13 support staff personnel

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Provided legal advice to the Commander and Staff on current, emerging and contingency operations in the CENTCOM AOR including OEF, OIF, and operations in the Horn of Africa
• Responsible for day-to-day operation of the CENTCOM Office of the Staff Judge Advocate.
• Supervised a staff of 14 attorneys plus 4 administrative personnel
• Provided technical supervision to over 400 deployed legal personnel
• Coordinated actions with Joint Staff Legal, Office of the General Counsel, and the Service Judge Advocates
• Served as the Acting Staff Judge Advocate for USCENTCOM for three months in 2010

Fort Bragg, NC

• Principal legal advisor to the Commander and staff of Task Force All American (TFAA), the 82nd Airborne Division’s Rear Detachment
• Responsible for providing legal advice to the TFAA General Courts-Martial Convening Authority, Division staff, and subordinate commanders concerning criminal, administrative, civil, international and operational law
• Led and directed the delivery of legal services provided by 7 attorneys and 20 support personnel
• Served as the Command’s Ethics Counselor

Fort Bragg, NC

• Oversaw the administration of military justice and the provision of legal advice to the Command Group, Division Staff, and subordinate commanders concerning administrative, civil, criminal, contracting, fiscal.
• Directed the day-to-day operation of legal office, consisting of 16 attorneys and 17 support personnel
• Deployed to Bagram Afghanistan as the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Combined Joint Task Force-82, the Combined/Joint Task Force-82 and Regional Command East, the headquarters for U.S. operations in Afghanistan and ISAF.
• Provided legal services to ten major subordinate commanders and numerous other tenant organizations comprised of over 27,000 military and civilian personnel

Greater Omaha Area

• Provided legal review and guidance to the Command and Staff of US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), across the spectrum of Information Operations, with emphasis on Computer Network Operations (CNO), including Computer.
• Interfaced with counterparts at OSD, JCS, Combatant Commands, NSA, CIA, and DOJ
• Coordinated, developed, and advised on far-ranging national level policies
• Principal assistant and legal advisor to the Command SJA, serving as reviewing officer, advisor, and action officer on the full range of legal matters Served as the legal advisor to the two-star Army Element Commander
• Deployed to Iraq as a Collector/Analyst, Operation Iraqi Freedom o Researched, collected, processed, analyzed and distributed operational data and observations within the Operation Iraqi Freedom theater of war o Served.

Wiesbaden Area, Germany

• Legal advisor to the Commanding General, Command Group, and commanders at all levels of the 3rd Corps Support Command, a forward deployed combat organization comprising of 4,000 personnel with a budget of $49 million.
• Responsible for the Administrative and Civil Law, International Affairs, and Operational Law Divisions of the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate (OSJA) for the 1st Armored Division (1AD)
• Supervised three judge advocates, one DA civilian attorney, one German attorney, two legal NCOs, and three German technicians

Heidelberg Area, Germany

Heidelberg Area, Germany

Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo

Warren, MI

Fort Carson, CO

Fort Carson, CO

Master Of Laws (Ll.M.), Military Law

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History & Political Science