John Smietanka

John Smietanka

John Smietanka (born June 28, 1941, in Chicago) was the prosecutor for Berrien County, Michigan from 1974 to 1981, and a United States Attorney in Western Michigan, appointed by Ronald Reagan, from 1981 until 1994. Notable cases that he handled in the US Attorney's office include the disappearance of West German freight ship captain Fredrich Helling in Lake Michigan, [.] In 2007, Smietanka was one of two lawyers chosen by John McCain to co-chair Lawyers for McCain in Michigan, a coalition of Michigan attorneys, as part of his presidential campaign. [ [http://www.johnmccain.com/informing/news/PressReleases/3b0bd5e3-c49d-4bf8-b6b8-e42e168bb826.htm Michigan Attorneys Join Supporters Of McCain: Top Attorneys From East And West Michigan Co-Chair McCain Coalition] . Press release from McCain campaign web site.] Since 2001 Smietanka has been an instructor for an annual program held by the John Marshall Law School in Luhačovice, in the Czech Republic, to educate young Czech and Slovak lawyers about the American legal system. [ [http://www.jmls.edu/fairhousingcenter/Czech/Slovak_Legal_Institute/Luhacovice.shtml Training for New Czech/Slovak Lawyers] , The John Marshall Law School.]

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External links

* [http://smietankalaw.com/JohnDetails.htm Profile of Smietanka] on his law firm's web site


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