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Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Rated one of the best legal instructors at USAMPS in 25 years. Provided 500 hours of instruction in a joint environment to 3,400 students, domestic and foreign, on all aspects of military justice, including theories of criminal liability, crimes, constitutional criminal law, and military justice system overview; increased academic averages by 20%, raising class scores to 92-99%; conducted practical exercises on testifying in court, use of lethal force, and search & seizure procedures; created the lesson plan for the new Introduction to Cyber Investigations block of instruction, covering Fourth Amendment legal issues unique to use of technology and search and seizure of electronic, digital, and social media and data; provided specialized instruction on complex and evolving legal issues relating to sexual assault, including: definitions of rape, sexual assault, aggravated sexual contact, abusive sexual contact, consent, and incapacitated; impact of alcohol on memory; and spectrum of victim intoxication; positively influenced CID policy regarding search and seizure of sexual assault victims' phones; writing a paper for publication on litigating military sexual assault cases with Special Victims Counsel (SVC); incorporated discussion of complex and evolving legal issues relating to LGBT community, capital litigation, and the 2009 Fort Hood shooting in blocks of instruction; served as part-time military magistrate, ruling on requests for search warrants and arrest warrants, as well as ruling on whether continued pretrial confinement for an accused is justified; completed the Special Victims Capability Course; Army certified instructor; certified Title IX investigator.

Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Recognized as one of the Army's SVC experts; managed the operation of the Client Services office for Fort Leonard Wood, MO, providing legal assistance and claims services to Soldiers, retirees, and family members throughout a tri-state area; successfully implemented the Special Victims Counsel program at Fort Leonard Wood, resulting in 95% client satisfaction rate and increased community awareness of resources for sexual assault victims; supervised 5 military attorneys and 6 military and civilian paralegals; served as the senior SVC for Fort Leonard Wood, providing legal representation to sexual assault victims and training to other SVCs throughout the Army; personally litigated issues of first impression relating to sexual assault victims asserting privileges; ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) certified, preventing those with suicidal thoughts from hurting themselves.

Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Provided legal support and advice on administrative and criminal law and ethical matters for the nation’s largest Army command; served as legal advisor for administrative investigations by FORSCOM and its Inspector General’s office, resulting in thorough investigations of national and Congressional interest; recognized as subject matter expert on government information practices and Army “health of the force” issues, such as suicide prevention, privately owned weapons, sexual assault, drug and alcohol abuse, and same-sex partner benefits, resulting in development and refinement of Army policies and successful implementation of HQDA’s Ready & Resilient Campaign; presented at an online conference for all FORSCOM Health Promotion Council members on responding to offers of free mental health services for Soldiers; as ethics advisor, developed and refined policies on organizational fundraising; provided guidance to Fort Carson on domestic operational legal issues during 2012 Waldo Canyon and 2013 Black Forest fires; Army certified SVC.

Fort Hood, Texas

Managed the operation of the Administrative & Civil Law Division for the Army’s largest military installation, supervising 6 military attorneys, 5 civilian attorneys, and 2 military and civilian paralegals, providing uninterrupted legal support on more than 500 administrative law, investigations, ethics, contract law, labor law, and environmental law actions during 100% turnover of military personnel; personally addressed the installation’s most complex legal issues related to outlaw motorcycle gangs, adverse administrative separations, and use of installation facilities to assist leaders in best enforcing good order and discipline and improving stewardship of resources; rated as among top 5% of majors within the JAG Corps.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Mentored Afghan legal offices around Kabul, resulting in confident, proactive Afghan legal offices for the Afghan Border Police and Ministry of Interior; created a pilot program for recruiting Afghan law school graduates to join the ANP as legal assistance attorneys; assisted the command in creating the ANP Active Duty Service Obligation decree, significantly reducing attrition rates; advised the command on Afghan laws that impacted the command's operations, ensuring the command's compliance with Afghan laws.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Served as the first Chief of Military Justice for a combined, joint, multinational command; assisting in creating policies that ensured good order and discipline of all members throughout Afghanistan; advised the command on legal issues related to ordering officers to perform “psychological operations on senators,” publicized in the Rolling Stone article, “Another Runaway General,” which led to USFOR-A, DOD IG, and Congressional investigations resolved in command’s favor and my correct legal advice published in numerous media outlets, including Washington Post and CNN. .

Fort Hood, Texas

Managed the operation of the Army’s largest Client Services office, providing legal assistance, claims services, and legal representation in medical separation proceedings, to client base of more than 400,000 Soldiers, retirees, and family members; supervised 14 military and civilian attorneys and 18 military and civilian paralegals; improved customer satisfaction from 47% to 98%; collected $1.5 million in medical affirmative claims; led my team in providing legal assistance, casualty assistance, and claims services in the aftermath of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting by MAJ Nidal Hasan; earned Additional Skill Identifier Level 3 in Military Justice; rated as among top 5% of majors within the JAG Corps.

Fort Carson, Colorado

Managed the largest TDS office in the Great Plains region, supervising 5 military attorneys and 2 paralegals through 65 courts-martial; successfully defended Soldiers accused of felony crimes, including attempted premeditated murder, rape, incest, aggravated assault, possession of child pornography, child endangerment, drug use and possession, desertion, and fraud, resulting in acquittals, convictions on lesser charges with little to no confinement and/or no punitive discharges, and dismissal of charges; wrote a 35-page motion to suppress evidence based on unlawful searches of computers belonging to wounded Soldiers, which became a model motion resulting in favorable appellate rulings; acted as Regional Defense Counsel, supervising and training 11 military attorneys and 5 military and civilian paralegals in 5 TDS offices throughout Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma; rated as among top 2% of majors within the JAG Corps and as one of a handful of subject matter experts in military justice and trial advocacy in JAG Corps.

Arlington, Virginia

Managed the best of 3 branches in GAD, supervising 7 military attorneys and a civilian paralegal and submitting over 250 briefs to the Army Court of Criminal Appeals (ACCA) and Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF); reduced GAD’s backlog of cases to the lowest since 2003 and reduced the number of extensions needed to file briefs; acted as GAD’s Deputy Chief for 3 months, supervising 18 military attorneys and 3 civilian paralegals and submitting over 300 appellate briefs; rated GAD’s best practice judge, preparing counsel for more than 220 oral arguments, including 2 capital cases and Project Outreach arguments at West Point, NY, Pittsburg, PA, and Missoula, MT.

Camp Casey, South Korea

Managed the most forward-deployed TDS office in South Korea, supervising 2 military attorneys and a paralegal through 40 courts-martial, successfully defending Soldiers accused of felony crimes, including rape, larceny, perjury, fraud, aggravated assault, and indecent acts; personally defended Soldiers accused of rape, resulting in acquittals and dismissal of charges before trial; personally defended a Soldier in his second court-martial for larceny of money from Koreans, resulting in a sentence of only 6 months’ confinement; acted as Regional Defense Counsel, supervising and training 7 military attorneys and 4 paralegals in 4 TDS offices throughout South Korea and Japan; taught classes on voir dire and litigating mental competence of clients and sexual assault victims; taught two criminal justice classes as guest speaker for Central Texas Community College students.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Defended the Army before the Government Accountability Office in government procurement cases worth over $200 million, succeeding in convincing several protestors to withdraw their protests; wrote several decisions in AMC’s agency protest process, none of which were appealed; advised the command on ethical issues related to organizational conflicts of interest.

Arlington, Virginia

Recognized as GAD’s most prolific and productive attorney, authoring 106 appellate briefs, including the high-profile drill sergeant sexual misconduct case of United States v. Simpson; presented oral argument in 10 cases before ACCA and CAAF, including the high-profile case of a Black Hawk Down noncommissioned officer who raped and sodomized his 5-year-old daughter; reduced GAD’s backlog by 50%; acted as Branch Chief, supervising 3 military attorneys and a civilian paralegal.

Washington D.C.

Advised clients of all ranks, including general and flag officers, on estate planning, family law, real estate, and consumer law issues, successfully negotiating resolution of disputes that saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in disputed damages and attorney fees.

Fort Lewis, Washington

Defended Soldiers in California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska in felony and misdemeanor cases, including rape, larceny, conspiracy, use and distribution of drugs, possession of child pornography, fraud, indecent acts, assault, and disorderly conduct; representation in a rape case resulted in acquittal; representation of 3 clients led to published appellate opinions in clients’ favor; litigation of suppression motion in a mail theft case for 4th and 5th Amendment violations resulted in suppression of all evidence and dismissal of all charges; taught a class to all Army trial defense attorneys on representing Soldiers being investigated by an Inspector General.

Fort Bliss, Texas

Served as the installation’s legal advisor on administrative law and Equal Opportunity matters; successfully represented the Army in several labor cases before the Merit System Protection Board and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Fort Bliss, Texas

Prosecuted felony and misdemeanor cases, including rape, larceny, fraud, DUI, and drug use, in military courts-martial and federal district and magistrate court.

Fort Bliss, Texas

Aggressively advocated for clients in a consumer fraud scam targeting junior enlisted personnel and their families, culminating in barring an unscrupulous door-to-door salesman from the installation.

Charlottesville, Virginia

Master Of Law (Llm), Military Law: Criminal Law Specialty

Graduated in the top third of my class.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.) With Honors, Political Science And Government, 4.0/4.0 In Political Science Major