Military Veterans In Law Podcast
Thousands of military veterans across the globe serve in the legal field. The purpose of this podcast is to create a community to leverage that network to help each other navigate our careers in the legal field. Collectively, the military veterans legal community has an enormous amount of experience and knowledge which can be used to help find positions for veterans in the legal field, help veterans grow their legal practices, and help us all serve our communities.
Episodes
20 episodes
Brigadier General Ron Sullivan
General Sullivan has served as an Army JAG Corps Officer since 1996, serving nine years on active duty before transitioning to the reserves in 2005. In his civilian practice, General Sullivan has been a Department of Justice prosecutor, w...
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1:10:45
Brad Huestis: Red Leg, JAG, Award-Winning Author
While deployed to Iraq in 2006 as the V Corps Chief of Justice, Brad Huestis prosecuted soldiers for war crimes violations involving the murders of Iraqi detainees. His newly released book, The Big Bad, is a fictionalized account of his e...
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52:17
John Saran: Holland & Knight Partner sets sail in the Coast Guard
After twelve years in private practice and volunteering with the Coast Guard Auxiliary for several years, John attended Reserve Officer Candidate Indoctrination earlier this year and earned his commission as a Coast Guard Reserve Officer. ...
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52:49
Bryan Hernandez: Retired Army Infantry Colonel turned Commercial Litigation Attorney
Bryan served for over 30 years in the Infantry with multiple deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Bosnia. He also served as a Foreign Area Officer and met his wife while attending Command and General Staff College in Brazil. During...
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1:20:44
Pat Regan: Special Forces Battalion Judge Advocate turned FinTech Attorney
Pat Regan served eight years as an active-duty JAG, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat’s work as a trial counsel and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney enabled him to initially transition to a litigation role with Progressive...
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1:16:43
Raj Kankaria: Bridge Builder to Investment Banker to Legal Services Entrepreneur
Raj, an Army Engineer, spent five years on active-duty building bridges. After obtaining an MBA from Rice University, Raj became an investment banker, working 80 to 100 hours a week. The demanding pace caught up with Raj and contrib...
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54:24
Steven Arango: Marine Corps JAG to Big Law
After playing college baseball at Newberry College in South Carolina and graduating from the University of Alabama School of Law, Steven served in the Marine Corps, including a deployment as part of Security Assistance Group—Ukraine. Last...
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1:01:38
Kenny Dojaquez: Armor Officer turned Veterans Disability Attorney
After ten years of active-duty service, including two deployments to Iraq and two tours in Korea, Kenny decided to go to law school. The Veterans Legal Clinic ignited a passion in Kenny, launched his career, and ultimately led to his curr...
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36:23
John Tamasitis: Air Force Office of Special Investigations to Complex Commercial Litigation
John, the President of the Air Force Academy Class of 2005, served as an Air Force Officer and Special Agent, focusing on counterintelligence investigations with deployments to the Middle East and Afghanistan. After his active-duty servic...
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57:45
Mike Keefe: Subs, Frigates, Aircraft Carriers, and Banking Law
Mike, a Naval Academy grad, served aboard the USS Ingraham and USS Enterprise during OEF and OIF. After his active-duty service, Mike returned home to attend the University of Cincinnati College of Law as a Corporate Law Fellow. Mik...
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41:08
Amy Luyster and Janell Gregory: Attorneys Helping Animals
Amy served as a Military Intelligence Officer in Bosnia and later deployed to Afghanistan as a JAG. Since retiring from the JAG Corps, she has worked as a civilian legal advisor in the Department of the Army’s Office of the General Counse...
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55:02
Goldwyn Harper: From Iraq to the Sports Biz
Listen in to hear how, after a deployment to Iraq as a Field Artillery officer responsible for training Iraqi soldiers, Goldwyn completed a joint JD/MBA, which launched his sports business career. Goldwyn has worked for the NFL, the Orang...
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52:43
Michael Marchman: From College Basketball Player to USAA Cybersecurity Attorney
Mike and I prosecuted together in the Army at Fort Gordon. Mike’s next assignment took him to West Point where he served as an Assistant Professor teaching Constitutional Law and Cyber Law while also serving as a faculty advisor to the me...
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54:59
Will Obringer: From Waiting Tables to Advising on Nuclear Issues
Will is transitioning from a 20-year career in the Army JAG Corps that included deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and culminated in his service as the Staff Judge Advocate of Fort Meade, the home of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command. Liste...
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1:03:52
Tricia LeRoux Birdsell: Iraq and Afghanistan Vet In the House
Catching up with my West Point classmate Tricia LeRoux Birdsell this week, who has successfully transitioned from Army retirement to her role as in-house counsel at T-Mobile. Trish, a former Army D1 swimmer, is tough as nails and pleasant...
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1:00:52
Rob Meek: From Hickory, NC to the U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court Emergency Applications Attorney Rob Meek shares his journey from Hickory, North Carolina, to Korea, Germany, and Afghanistan, culminating in his current role at the nation's highest court, where he manages emergency applicati...
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53:47
Colonel John Kiel: Living on Orange Fanta and Goat Meat
Listen in to hear about John’s experience as one of the first JAGs in Afghanistan after 9/11 where, for a time, he survived on Orange Fanta and goat meat. John had a fascinating career, then during COVID, his daughter faced a health issue...
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1:19:58
Life in the Fast Lane with Matt Freeman
Listen in this week to hear about car enthusiast Matt Freeman’s career that has taken him around the world from Chicago to Germany to Afghanistan to D.C. to back home in Chicago. Since transitioning from active-duty, Matt has put his gove...
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35:19
Josh Zell’s Journey to Practicing Artificial Intelligence Law in Ireland
Josh and Jerrod served together as Army JAG prosecutors in Germany. Listen in to hear about Josh’s winding road after the JAG Corps that led him to his current role working in-house at an Artificial Intelligence company, including earning...
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