Mr. Schmitt joined Hake & Schmitt in 2010, became a partner in 2012, and became president of the firm in 2018. He is a leading scholar on J-1 waivers, especially in the difficult area of program, policy, and foreign relations issues in J-1 waiver cases involving U.S. Government funding, such as Fulbright cases.

He graduated from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in May 2008, with a book award for outstanding work for the Immigration Law Clinic. He has Bachelor of Science in biology with a concentration in molecular genetics from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (2002).

A Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army JAG Reserves, Mr. Schmitt attended the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia, completing a Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course in February 2010 and the Judge Advocate Officer Advance Course in December 2015.

He has been a volunteer member of the National Ski Patrol since 1995.

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