About Donald Smaltz

DON SMALTZ, of counsel to the firm, earned his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1958 and his J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law in 1961. He began his career serving as a Captain in the United States Army JAG Corps and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California. He capped a long and successful private practice by returning to public service from 1994 to 2002 as the Independent Counsel appointed to investigate former Secretary of Agriculture Alphonso (Mike) Espy. As Independent Counsel, he brought over a dozen criminal and civil proceedings.

Mr. Smaltz, a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, is a very successful trial attorney with extensive experience in white collar criminal defense, business litigation, and SEC and environmental litigation matters.