Legal Staff

Job Type: Permanent

Work Schedule: Full-Time

United States Citizen: Yes

Security Clearance: Secret

Veterans Status: Yes

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Demonstrated and measurable accomplishments in legal research and writing in diverse areas of federal international, administrative, contract, fiscal, environmental, and ethics law, applying regulations, decisions and other precedents. Extensive experience providing senior-level, risk- based legal advice and representation of the federal government in those areas of law in litigation, preparation for trial, administrative hearings, arbitration and claims for and against the government.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

US Army JAG Corps July 2014 – October 2016

13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command Hours per week: 50+

Fort Hood, TX 76544 Supervisor: COL Travis L. Rogers

Command Judge Advocate, MAJ Telephone: 910-***-****

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Serving in an O-5 assignment (GS-14 equivalent) as the primary legal advisor to the Brigadier General Commander and his staff; conduct Administrative, Fiscal, and Ethics law reviews, and manage and lead a 10-Soldier legal team.

Deployed to Kuwait as the principal legal advisor to the Commander of the Operational Command Post, providing legal advice on Deployed Contract and Fiscal Law (Operational and Maintenance Fund, Overseas Contingency Operations Fund, Iraqi Train and Equip Fund), Operational Law, and Administrative Law, including ethics, gifts, and criminal and accountability investigations of both civilian and military personnel.

US Army JAG Corps July 2012 - July2014

1st Army, Division West Hours per week: 50+

Fort Hood, TX 76544 Supervisor: LTC Chris Jacobs

Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, MAJ Telephone: 845-***-****

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Served in an O-5 assignment (GS-14 equivalent), managed and coordinated legal support and provided legal advice for a two-star command of 8 geographically separated Brigades across the western United States, thoroughly researched and rendered authoritative opinions on a host of novel legal issues. As primary liaison to the command staff, contributed to regular operational planning meetings, provided legal advice and guidance, and produced staff inputs, from Administrative, Fiscal and Ethics opinions, and investigations, to planning the movement and re- creation of a deployment mobilization center. Acted as personnel manager of the legal office, including 3 attorneys, 4 Paralegals and a 4-person Reserve support staff. As the deputy SJA of a command tasked with training Reserve Component units for deployment, worked extensively with matters related to Reserve Component affairs.

US Army JAG Corps July 2010 – July2012

US Army Legal Services Agency Hours per week: 50+

Environmental Law Division Supervisor: COL Tony Febbo

Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 Telephone: 703-***-****

Litigation Attorney, MAJ

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Successfully litigated and defended a dozen environmental claims totaling approximately $180 million dollars. Conducted legal and historical research, discovery and depositions on a wide variety of environmental issues, and coordinated with the Department of Justice and other agencies in defense of the US Army's liability for superfund clean-up contributions, as well as allegations of other environmental damages. Intimately involved in research pertaining to certain depleted uranium challenges, and represented the US Army at a public, controversial, and nation-wide hearing before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on the issue.

US Army JAG Corps July 2008 – July 2009

US Army South Hours per week: 50+

Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234 Supervisor: COL Gary Corn

Chief, Operational Law, CPT Telephone: 253-***-****

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Principal legal advisor to the plans and operations staff sections of US Army South, the Army Component Command of SOUTHCOM, responsible for implementing Theater Security Cooperation in 32 countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean. Provided Operational and Fiscal Law advice on dozens of multi-national engagements, training events, exercises, contingency operations, and security assistance missions. Provided legal advice on the development of rules of engagement, and international agreements. Maintained close liaison with other staff sections and ensured proactive, responsive legal advice to the staff and legal representation to all planning meetings and conferences.

78234 United States

US Army JAG Corps July 2006 – July 2008

USA Mission Support Hours per week: 50+

Fort Carson, CO 80913 Supervisor: COL Robert T. Penland

Chief, Claims Division, CPT Telephone: 703-***-****

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

Supervised a regional claims office of 13, serving 140,000 personnel in 3 states and processed over $1.5 million in claims and recovery actions. Researched federal law and processed claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act, Personnel and Article 139 claims, as well as affirmative claims and recovery of funds to the U.S. Treasury for payouts distributed for medical treatment and property loss (80%). Served as Part-Time Military Magistrate holding hearings in order to review, and rule on, search and seizure requests and pre-trial confinement decisions (20%).

EDUCATION

The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School Charlottesville, VA

L.L.M. May 2010

Major: Military Law

Relevant Coursework, Licenses and Certifications:

Awarded an LLM in Military Law, with a focus on Contract, Fiscal, and Environmental Law.

South Texas College of Law Houston, TX

J.D. May 2001

GPA: 3.0 of a maximum 4.0

Credits Earned: 90

Major: Law

Relevant Coursework, Licenses and Certifications:

General legal studies, including course work in Environmental, Property, and Oil and Gas Law.

University of Texas Austin, TX

B.A. August 1991

GPA: 2.8 of a maximum 4.0

Credits Earned: 128 Semester hours

Major: Government Minor: Middle Eastern Studies

Relevant Coursework, Licenses and Certifications:

Completed my degree plan in four calendar years while working part-time and while an active member of the United States Army Reserves; with a focus on comparative government, political science, Turkish, Middle Eastern geography, culture and history of government.

REFERENCES

BG Rodney D. Fogg

Army Quartermaster General

Bldg. 5020, 2221 Adams Ave

Fort Lee, VA 23801

804-***-****; ******.*.****.***@****.***

COL Travis L. Rogers

Staff Judge Advocate

HQ, 82nd Airborne Division, Bldg. C-7023

Ridgeway Hall, Fort Bragg, NC 28310

910-***-****; ******.*.*******.***@****.***

COL Tony Febbo

Associate Judge, U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals

9275 Gunston Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060

703-***-****; *******.*.*****.***@****.***

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