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Miami, Florida, United States

United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Washington DC

• Executive-Level Command Legal Advice on Criminal Misconduct: Reviewed and advised commander and four subordinate commands on investigation and disposition of allegations of criminal misconduct. Reviewed command.
• Executive Program and Policy Development: Engaged with plans, policies, operations, logistics, and facilities staff, in coordination with Headquarters Marine Corps, Joint Staff, and DoD Office of the General Counsel.
• Ethics Counselor: Designated under provision of Joint Ethics Regulation (DoD 5500.07-R), advised and reviewed ethics and standards of conduct issues, including gifts provided to the command or personnel and military.
• Leadership and Strategic Guidance: Served as supervisory attorney to 19 Marine Corps Installation, Base and Station attorneys. Provided leadership, oversight, training, and guidance for command legal staff and provided.

Tampa, FL

• Executive-Level Support/Advice: Legal advisor to US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Operations, Plans, Training, and other staff sections for current special operations, including: Unconventional Warfare support.
• Interagency/Command Coordination and Congressional Support: Conducted regular interaction with DoD Office of General Counsel, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman’s Legal Counsel, and Combatant Command legal counsels for.
• Policy Development and Execution: Provided legal advice on numerous operational, policy, legislative, and funding issues in support of US special operations and activities. Coordinated with theater special operations.
• Support to Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies and Sensitive Training Activities: Advised on conduct of Realistic Military Training (RMT) events off federal property.
• Counterterrorism Operations Legal Advisor: Served as legal representative to active operational planning teams on Syria Train and Equip and Counter-ISIL Activities, Unconventional Warfare/Foreign Internal Defense, and.
• Leadership and Strategic Guidance: Served as senior of four USSOCOM operational law attorneys.

Suffolk, VA

• Training and Exercise Support: Deployed worldwide to provide training, guidance, and mentorship on operational law and command legal section organization staffing, management, leadership, and structure. Exercises.
• General Officer and Senior Executive Service (SES) Training: Regularly briefed and interacted with three and four-star flag and general officers and senior mentors on strategic and operational level issues during joint.
• Doctrine Development: As a subject matter expert on joint and combined coalition operations, drafted and oversaw development of 'Operational Law and Authorities' Joint Knowledge Online module, Joint Staff 'Authorities'.

Camp Pendleton, CA

• Executive-Level Support/Advice: Trained command staff and 2,200 Marines on legal aspects of military operations, including law of armed conflict, maritime law, international sovereignty, and status of forces.
• International and Contingency Operations Legal Support: Provided real-time legal advice to Maritime Raid Force in the Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) of civilian cargo ship, seized by Somali pirates in the Gulf.

Washington D.C.

• Inspector/Instructor
• Leadership and Personnel Management: As active duty Inspector/Instructor of a reserve unit, directed the recruitment, mobilization, training, deployment, re-deployment, and demobilization of 196 Marine reservists for.
• Defense Support of Civil Authorities Operational Support: Organized, activated, equipped, and deployed a detachment of ten Marines and two Sailors with vehicles and equipment from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans for.
• Governance and Rule of Law Development: In coordination with DoD and State Department lines of effort for support to Government of Iraq rule of law and governance in Anbar Province, established subject matter expertise.

Okinawa, Japan

• Command Legal Advice: Monitored and processed allegations of misconduct for investigation and courts-martial, administrative separations, and command legal assistance issues. Advised commander and staff on all legal.
• Exercise and Contingency Support: Deployed to Medan, Indonesia to provide international law advice and support to 3d Marine Division Disaster Relief Assessment Team following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Command Legal Advice: Advised commander and staff on all legal aspects, to include military justice, legal administration, operational and international law, ethics, criminal and command investigations, and legal.

Camp Pendleton, CA

• Prosecuting Trial Counsel
• Criminal Case Analysis, Command Advice and Prosecution: Prepared and completed all aspects of criminal justice cases for assigned units, to include legal research, witness interviews, case investigations, motions.
• Leadership and Personnel Management: Organized, trained, and lead 23 Marines and civilians to provide tax preparation services for over 30,000 members of the Camp Pendleton community. Conducted extensive campaign to.
• Service Member/Retiree Legal Advice and Services: Counseled clients, researched, and resolved legal issues for service members and mostly indigent retirees in Camp Pendleton area, including issues of contract law.

Master Of Laws - Llm, Military And International Operational Law, Cum Laude

Advanced Command And Staff Course, National Security Policy Studies, With Distinction

Activities and Societies: Awarded Defence Academy of the UK 2009 Andover Prize for Defense Research Paper: ‘A Pashtun Awakening? Can the.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Defence Studies, With Distinction

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History