Catheryne Pully Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, In, Us

Indianapolis, In

• Manager and director for the State Bar’s Leadership Development Academy (LDA), involving budget, curriculum and program development, planning and executing each session and recruiting Committee members and applicants. Ensure each LDA session includes a diversity and inclusion training component• Primarily responsible for outreach to over 100 local and specialty bars in Indiana to increase diversity, membership and participation in the State Bar• Input on Association policies regarding staffing, training, budgeting and other relevant issues• Perform general in-house counsel duties• Liaison to a myriad of Committees, including Legal Ethics, Lawyer Advertising, UPL and Military and Veterans Affairs• Collaborate with the Indiana Supreme Court and other agencies to further Bar initiatives

Washington, Dc/Great Lakes, Il

• Draft government responses to defense appeals subsequent to courts martial. Briefs are submitted to the Navy and Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals• Five-month mobilization in 2014 – served as the Staff Judge Advocate (general counsel) for 33 Navy Reserve offices in a 16-state area. Responsible for drafting ethics opinions for use by Commanders, responding to EEO investigations, overseeing line-of-duty death inquires, and managing over 50 military justice cases, including complex sexual assault cases• Drafted wills and powers of attorney for deploying Sailors and Marines in two states• Provided research and litigation support for trial counsel in five-defendant courts martial• Special projects and Admin Officer for the unit• Training officer responsible for 100% unit completion of required training on issues including equal opportunity and leadership

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Conducted hearings on cases of substantiated child abuse and/or neglect, foster care home licensing and child support where there was an appeal. Issued written decisions of findings of fact and conclusions of law• Assisted in creating policy for newly acquired caseload for DCS

Washington, Dc And Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

• Researched and briefed novel questions of criminal law and international law and made recommendations relative to jurisdiction, substantive charges and evidentiary matters• Coordinated and conducted press conferences, fielded media and Congressional inquiries, and briefed State Department employees, foreign press and attorneys on the Military Commissions Act and relevant procedures• Practiced law in a highly sensitive area with tremendous media exposure and international attention

Corpus Christi, Texas

• Directly supervised seven attorneys and paralegals while serving as Senior Attorney in a legal office that supported over 30,000 active and retired personnel and families• Managed daily operations of a legal office including budgeting, training, legal education, evaluation, mentoring and assignments. Ensured the highest level of professionalism and service to constituents• Represented military defendants charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice • Researched and drafted motions relating to jurisdiction, evidence, and clemency matters

Baghdad, Iraq

• Conducted administrative review of over 14,000 individuals detained by U. S. forces in Iraq• Presented cases to the Combined Review and Release Board, a multinational administrative, body for adjudication• Responsible for proper identification, storage, handling and use of classified information

Washington, Dc

Increased awareness of food and hunger issues around the world

Military Law, Military Law

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Law

Activities and Societies: President, International Law Society. Moot Court competition. Research assistant for two professors

Communications, Journalism

Activities and Societies: editor of student newspaperEditor of Government Section at Daily Beacon newspaper