Background
Smetana, Gerard C. was born on June 22, 1932 in Vienna, Austria.
Smetana, Gerard C. was born on June 22, 1932 in Vienna, Austria.
The City College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Arts, 1954). University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration, 1968). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1957).
Spoken languages: German.
Worked at Smetana & Avakian (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Labor Law, Employment Law, Federal Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1958, Kentucky. 1959, New York; 1964, Illinois.
1966, District of Columbia.
1967, United States. Supreme Court. 1969, District of Columbia and United States.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Trial Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1959-1964.
United States. Employer-Adviser Delegate, International Labor Organization Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, 1976 and 1977.
Author: "The Tools of the Private Practitioner in Dealing with Government Executive Order 11246," American Bar Association Labor Law Institute, 1976. Chief Labor and Employment Law Counsel, Sears, Roebuck and Company, 1964-1975. Member: Chicago and American (Chairman: Committee on Public Employee Bargaining and State Labor Law, 1971-1972.
Labor Relations Section, 1973-1976.
Committee on Laws of Benefits to Unemployed Persons, 1976-1979. Member: National Labor Relations Board Practice and Procedure Committee, 1965-1975.
1979. Labor and Employment Law Section.
Antitrust Law Section) Bar Associations.
Member: Chicago and American (.