A short biography of Owen Smigelski
I grew up the town of Windsor, NY, near Binghamton, NY. That's about 4 hours northeast of New York City, and is in the middle of New York State. The Binghamton area is home to Rod Serling (Twilight Zone creator) and spiedies (marinated chicken BBQed as shishkabobs- the best marinate is from Salamida, and the meat should marinate at least 24 hours.) I graduated from Windsor High School in 1992. |
| I was an Rotary exchange student in Lille, France, for a year. Yes, I speak French fluently, including technical and legal terms (I also speak decent Spanish and can survive using German.) I attended SUNY Geneseo, near Rochester, NY. I received my degree in Political Science, with minors in French and Economics. After college, I spent a year working for a computer helpdesk in Albany, NY. I decided that wasn't for me, so I picked up and moved to San Diego in 1998 to attend the University of San Diego School of Law. I graduated in May 2001. I took (and passed) the California bar exam in July 2001. |
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Currently, I work for a business and estate planning law firm in San Diego, called Achtel Law Firm, APC. In the past, I was an attorney with David R. Preston & Associates, an intellectual property law firm. While in law school, I worked for an Internet startup in my spare time (I built their web server, which is the same one hosting this site). I met my fiancé Jen back in 1998, and we renewed our relationship in December 2001. We soon realized that we were meant to be together forever, and she moved from Manhattan to Los Angeles in August 2002. She made me the luckiest man on earth when she moved in with me in San Diego in January 2004. We got married on May 1, 2004, and had an amazing time. Currently we're training
for marathons (our first marathon together was Rock n' Roll marathon in
San Diego in June 2005, pictures
here.) We're also working on making our own natural beauty care products,
including soaps. Las Vegas Marathon- Jen & Owen will be running on Sunday Dec. 4 (with brother Seth), and we'll be renewing our wedding vows at mile 5! Pictures and updates to come! |
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