Walter E. Schmidt
          Admitted in New York and Texas
        New Braunfels, Texas

 Cellular:  (830)221-8248
  E-mail: walter@weslaw.com

Areas of practice include matters of international business and intellectual property

               

 
Education: Columbia University School of Law, New York, NY Juris Doctor, 1982

Troy State University (European Division) M.S. Management, 1978

The American University, Washington, DC M.A. International Relations, 1968

Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina Non-Degree Study, Political Science, 1967

United States Air Force Academy, Colorado B.S. Major in Public Affairs, Class of 1959
Memberships:  New York State Bar Association Member A-037824

Admitted, Eastern District NY September 6, 1983

Admitted, Southern District NY August 30, 1983

State Bar of Texas SBN 17775950

American Arbitration Association former Panel of Arbitrators, Mediator

Publications and Lectures: ABA, "Complex Licensing Agreement," Software Contracts Forms 1987 Collection; "Computer Law: The American Experience," Jurimetrics Journal, American Bar Association, Summer, 1981; reprinted Current Developments in Copyright Law 1982, Practising Law Institute, Pat., Copr., TM and Literary Property, Course Handbook Series No. 144 (1982); D. Bender, Computer Law: Evidence and Procedure, App. 4A-28 (1982).  Misc articles -1986: Computer Advertising News, ICP Insiders' Letter, Law MUG Lectures:  ADAPSO, ICP, Law MUG (ABA affiliate), Marquette University, WI, Computer Security Institute, New York Amateur Computer Club (computer law).

International and Business Experience:  Fluent English and Spanish, and limited German. He has acted Of Counsel to law firms in both common law and civil law foreign jurisdictions including Bloomfield & Bloomfield, Avocats, Montreal, and Estudio Bigio, Fernández Arce, Ramírez y Laguna, Abogados, Lima, Peru.  From 1997-2000 he was the only U.S. citizen admitted as a domestic and international arbitrator before the Center of National and International Conciliation and Arbitration, Lima, Peru

Experience and Awards:  Recipient: George and Carol Olmsted Foundation Scholarship, Class of 1966;  listed "Who's Who in American Law," Marquis, 1991-93.  Indexed "Who's Who in America," 48th ed., 1993.  Listed "Who's Who Among American Law Students," Marquis. 1984.