Joseph Gutheinz
| Joseph Gutheinz | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 13, 1955 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Monterey Peninsula College California State University, Sacramento University of Southern California South Texas College of Law |
| Occupation | Educator, attorney, author, retired law enforcement officer |
Joseph Richard Gutheinz (born August 13, 1955) is an American attorney, college instructor, commissioner, writer, and former Army intelligence officer, Army aviator, and Federal law enforcement officer. He is known as the founder of the "Moon Rock Project" which aims to track down missing Apollo moon rock samples.
Joseph Gutheinz's father was a lieutenant colonel in the US Marines and a veteran of WW-ll, China, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and his mother, Rita O’Leary Gutheinz, was a Marine Corps enlisted woman; his grandfather was an Army veteran of WW-l and was wounded by mustard gas in that war; his great grandfather was an Army veteran of the American Civil War. He holds six college degrees from Monterey Peninsula College, California State University, Sacramento, the University of Southern California and South Texas College of Law, and eight teaching credentials and ten law licenses. He is an attorney at law (1996 to present) He has taught for Central Texas College, Alvin Community College, Thurgood Marshall Law School, and for the University of Phoenix from 2002 to present. He is a former Commissioner on the Texas Commission on Fire Protection (2013–), having been appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry. He has served as a Member of the Texas Council on Sex Offender Treatment (2009 to 2012). He has served as a Member of the Texas Criminal Justice Advisory Committee on Medical and Mental Impairments (2004 to 2008). He is a former advisor to the Coalition for an Airline Passenger Bill of Rights.
Gutheinz is also the founder of the law practice Gutheinz Law Firm, LLP. Two of his sons are partners in the firm, both of whom are also Army veterans as he is.
Gutheinz led the Omniplan task force investigation, which determined that Omniplan, a NASA contractor, was submitting false claims to NASA. The company had claimed it was leasing through three companies that were in fact shell companies controlled by Omniplan's owner Ralph Montijo. Gutheinz created the task force with 25 agents, inspectors, auditors and a financial analyst from eight agencies. Thed investigation led to the closure of 7 companies, making it one of the highest profile in NASA history at that time. Gutheinz subsequently gave a speech to the International Business Forum about the Omniplan case, a speech attended by one of the principal defense attorneys in that case.
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