-Deployed for nine months as the legal advisor to the commander of Marines stationed throughout the Middle East.

- Prosecute all felony and misdemeanor cases for the Recruit Depot and recruiting operations West of the Mississippi River.

- Deputy legal advisor to the Commanding General of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and the Western Recruiting Region.- Provided advice on criminal felony level investigations to Navy Criminal Investigative Service and Marine Corps Criminal Investigative Division Agents.- Provided over 200 formal and informal opinions to senior executive branch federal employees on gifts, payments, conflicts of interest, impartiality and post government employment ethical issues.- Reviewed current law and drafted language for pending federal criminal statutes focusing on recruiter sexual misconduct and administrative changes to the separation of officers. - Performed taint review of a search of defense counsel offices by federal agents.- Provided legal briefs to 120 officers on conducting investigations into misdemeanor and felony level crimes.- Reviewed all Inspector General investigations for legal sufficiency.

- The Basic Lawyers Course at the Naval Justice School Covers all introductory training necessary for a Judge Advocate in the Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard.

- Served as the Officer in Charge of all Civil and Administrative Law for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego prior to attending the Naval Justice School Newport Rhode Island.- Drafted formal and informal opinions on a wide range of ethics issues affecting federal executive employees.- Conducted employment termination hearings and reviewed separation packages for legal sufficiency.

- The Basic School provides six month of introductory training for all Marine Corps Officers.

- Summer Duty Assignment as Deputy Legal Advisor to the Commanding General Marine Corps Recruiting Command pending assignment to follow on schooling.

- Summer Duty Assignment as Deputy Legal Advisor to the Commanding General Marine Corps Recruiting Command.- Oversaw more than 100 Law Officers including currently attending and recently graduated students.- Developed procedures to implement a new Marine Corps Order, which redesigned the law officer recruitment for the Marine Corps.- Briefed the Chief of Staff on the day-to-day operations of the Staff Judge Advocate’s Office.

- Drafted questions for Presidential Nominees, summarized legislation, assisted in writing tax legislation. - Researched and drafted language for The Bailout Bonus Recovery Act, designed to recover TARP funds used to pay executive bonuses.

- Summer Duty Assignment as Appellate Attorney.- Submitted nine briefs on behalf of the Government to Navy Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals including Writs of Mandamus.- United States v. Pennington (Decision 12/16/2008)