A former member of the House of Representatives for over 25 years, Harold P. Naughton, Jr. served as the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security. He is currently a Partner at Napoli Shkolnik where oversees the PFAS Cost Recovery Program and is Executive Director of the Veterans Advocacy Group. Harold, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army National Guard and a Veteran of both the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, was born in Worcester, MA on July 4, 1960. He was raised in the Town of Clinton and is the father of three sons and a daughter.Harold previously served as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Veterans & Federal Affairs, where he authored and oversaw the passage of landmark legislation greatly expanding the rights and benefits of veterans in the Commonwealth. He was appointed to the Governor's Commission on Corrections Reform. He is the former Chairman of the Judiciary Sub-Committee on Drug Courts and the Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Substance Abuse in the Courts. His legislative priorities include local affairs, education, the environment, veteran's affairs and constituent outreach. He is an advisory member of the Governor's Commission on Veterans and Military Family Support and a former member of the Democratic National Committee Coordinating Council on Veterans and Military Families.After the events of September 11, 2001, Harold joined the United States Army Reserve. Harold currently serves as a Major with the Judge Advocate General's Corps. He volunteered for a tour of active duty, serving with Multi-National Force Iraq from September, 2005 until May, 2006. At the end of May, 2012, he returned from an 8 month voluntary deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. LTC Naughton currently serves as Senior Defense Counsel with the National Guard Trial Defense Service. LTC Naughton has received numerous honorable military awards for his service.
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