Terry Smiljanich

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Terry Smiljanich

Council to the United States Senate

Spouse	Dorothy Weik
Profession	Lawyer

Terry Smiljanich is an American lawyer.

Smiljanich attended the University of Florida, where he met his wife Dorothy Weik in 1967 (they married in 1969). He graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, and attended the University of Florida School of Law, serving as served as editor of the University of Florida Law Review.

Smiljanich served as a law clerk to United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida judge Ben Krentzman in Tampa from 1972 to 1974. He was Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida from 1974 to 1977. Smiljanich served in the United States Army Reserve from 1972 to 1981, and became a captain.

Smiljanich acted as counsel to the United States Senate during Congressional hearing on the Iran-Contra Affair.

Smiljanich is currently a partner in the law firm James, Hoyer, Newcomer & Smiljanich. He is chairman of the Tampa Bay Skeptics, a non-profit organization scientific skeptic interested in "objective and critical inquiry" of "paranormal and fringe-science claims".

Smiljanich and his wife have pledged $100,000 to the University of Florida and have bequeathed $1 million to the school.