Experience

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  82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army

  • Fort Bragg, North Carolina USA

  • Deputy Staff Judge Advocate

    • Jun 2022 - Present
    • Fort Bragg, North Carolina USA

    Serves as the deputy legal advisor to the Commanding General, 82d Airborne Division. Provides legal advice and support to the Deputy Commanders, Chief of Staff, their staffs and all major subordinate commands. Manages and supervises the day-to-day OSJA operations and staffing. Leads, mentors, supervises and professionally develops more than 70 officers and enlisted personnel assigned to the OSJA. Supervises the delivery of comprehensive legal services, ensuring all authorized support is provided to Soldiers, retirees, and Family members in the 82d Airborne Division community. Trains and prepares the OSJA and Brigade Legal Sections for deployment in support of worldwide contingencies. Responsible for manning, equipping, and managing the budget for the office. Develops and implements OSJA policies and procedures. Supports and implements the office vision and acts as the SJA in the SJA's absence.

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  U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

  • Fort Leavenworth, KS

  • Student

    • Aug 2021 - Aug 2022
    • Fort Leavenworth, KS

    A graduate school for United States Army and sister service officers, interagency representatives, and international military officers. Master in Operational Studies conferred.

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  21st Theater Sustainment Command

  • Kaiserslautern, Germany

  • Chief, National Security Law

    • Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
    • Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Responsible for daily operations of the National Security Law Section of the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate (OSJA), 21st Theater Sustainment Command. Ensures the delivery of accurate and timely legal support to the Commanding General and his staff for all combat and combat support operations, Immediate and Contingency Response Force operations, readiness directives, and theater Exercises. Directly supervises, mentors, and trains one Judge Advocate and exercises supervisory responsibility over the International Law Section comprised of one DAC Attorney, one Local National Attorney, and two Local National paralegals.

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  32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command

  • Fort Liberty, North Carolina

  • Brigade Judge Advocate

    • Jun 2018 - Aug 2020
    • Fort Liberty, North Carolina

    Provide legal advice to over 42 Commanders and their staffs on all military legal issues. Supervised two attorneys and 6 paralegals.

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  The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School

  • Charlottesville, Virginia

  • Student

    • Jul 2017 - May 2018
    • Charlottesville, Virginia

    Professional Development and Professional Military Education. Graduate Course Paper Topic: Diversity and Inclusion in the U.S. Army JAG Corps with a focus in Inclusion in the Talent Management process.

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  U.S. Army Trial Defense Service

  • Fort Liberty, North Carolina

  • Trial Defense Counsel

    • Jul 2016 - Jul 2017
    • Fort Liberty, North Carolina

    Provide legal representation for soldiers in Courts-Martial, Administrative Separation Boards, Reduction Boards, and other adverse administrative and non-judicial punishment actions.

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  82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army

  • Fort Liberty, North Carolina

  • Brigade Judge Advocate

    • Jan 2015 - Jul 2016
    • Fort Liberty, North Carolina

    Provide legal advice to Brigade Commander and over 25 subordinate officers on all military legal issues. Supervised one attorney and 4 paralegals.

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  Office of The Judge Advocate General

  • Recruiter

    • Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

    Serve as a member of the Judge Advocate Recruiting Office (JARO) and support the office mission of recruiting, selecting and assigning Judge Advocates for service in the Active and Reserve components. Efficiently and effectively run selection boards to ensure strength requirements are met, and prepare newly selected Judge Advocates for entry onto Active Duty. Serve as the Board Recorder for Active Duty Boards. As Staff Action Officer, assist and respond to various taskers regarding recruiting and retention. Work with Accessions Command and advertising agency to optimize JAGC exposure among prospective applicants. Work to support the recruiting objective of promoting gender and ethnic diversity within the JAGC.

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  U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command

  • Afghanistan

  • COMMAND JUDGE ADVOCATE

    • Sep 2011 - Dec 2012
    • Afghanistan

    Legal Advisor to the Theater Intelligence Group (TIG) Director and subordinate commanders, Bagram Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Provide prompt, sound legal advice to the TIG which includes the Interrogation Control Element, Strategic Debriefing Center, Document Exploitation Cell, Counterintelligence Cell, Collection Management and Dissemination cell, and an HHD element encompassing all TIG staff sections. Provides legal review and legal training in compliance with law and policy. Liaison with higher headquarters as well as with outside agencies on legal matters as necessary to support the TIG Commanders, the Legal Operations Directorate, and Task Force Protector. Provide advices on all legal matters as necessary to support the TIG Commanders to include intelligence, military justice, administrative, fiscal, legal assistance, and ethics law.

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  U.S. Army South

  • FORT SAM HOUSTON, Tx

  • CHIEF OF MILITARY JUSTICE

    • Dec 2010 - Sep 2011
    • FORT SAM HOUSTON, Tx

    Chief of Military Justice and primary legal advisor for eight commanders in U.S. Army South, a major command and the Army Service Component Command of USSOUTHCOM, comprised of 32 countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean. Advises commanders on all aspects of military justice, administrative separations, family support, and related issues. Oversees the prepartion and processing of all military justice actions, letters of reprimand, and adminstrative separation actions. Maintains a close liaison with CID, MPI, and PMO. Represents the United States Army in all General and Special Courts-Martial and administrative separation boards. Supervises, manages, and trains 2 paralegal NCOs. Conducts military justice classes and training for U.S. Army South subordinate units and personnel.