Professional Highlights
Regiment Judge Advocate (Command Legal Advisor/In-House Counsel)
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Brigade Judge Advocate
Joint Special Operations Command Intelligence Brigade (Airborne), Fort Liberty, North Carolina
Senior Trial Counsel
10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York
Education
LL.M., The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, 2020, superior graduate
J.D., University of Baltimore School of Law, 2010, cum laude
M.A., U.S. Naval War College, 2023, Defense and Strategic Studies, with highest distinction
B.A., University of Richmond, distinguished military graduate
Related Credentials
Operational deployments to Afghanistan (2014) and Jordan (2017, 2019)
Temporary duty experience in Kenya, Somalia, Germany, and Malta
Research Contributions and Publications
“Applying Vague Law to Violence: How the Joint Force Can Master Proportionality Before a High-Intensity War”
Forthcoming
The Army Lawyer, Fall 2023
"A Legal Assessment of North Korean Missile Tests"
Lieber Institute Articles of War, August 11, 2023
“The Wagner Group’s No Quarter Order and International Law”
Co-authored with Professor Michael N. Schmitt
Lieber Institute Articles of War, April 26, 2023
“Sabotage in Law: Meaning and Misunderstandings”
Lieber Institute Articles of War, June 23, 2023
“Intelligence Law Primer for the Second Machine Age”
Army Lawyer, 2019, Issue 3
“Bourbon Man at Breakneck Ridge”
Military History Quarterly, Spring 2019
Awards and Decorations
William S. Sims Award
College of Naval Command & Staff, 2023
First-in-Class
College of Naval Command & Staff, 2023
External Memberships and Associations
Supreme Court of the United States
2020
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
2017
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
2016
United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
2013
Bar of the District of Columbia
2012
State Bar of Maryland
2010
International Society for Military Law and the Law of War
Night Stalker Association