ATTORNEY PROFILE
Colonel (Ret.) Stockdale spent fifteen years as an Army JAG officer before leaving active duty and founding his own law firm in western North Carolina, where he practices criminal defense and military law.
Colonel Stockdale is a former Command Judge Advocate at US Army Human Resources Command where he supervised an office of fourteen JAGs, civilian attorneys and paralegals and dealt with all aspects of Soldier personnel law.
Prior to that Colonel Stockdale served at the Pentagon as a Military Personnel Law Attorney and Senior Judge Advocate. He analyzed countless individual Soldier actions, reviewed and revised Army Regulations, and provided highly technical legal opinions for the Army Staff.
Before becoming a JAG officer, Stockdale worked his way up from a private in the MP Corps. After OCS he served as an infantry platoon leader, company commander, and in various special operations assignments.
Colonel Stockdale and his wife of 27 years have five children, aged 11 to 25. Stockdale enjoys playing electric blues harmonica and is author of the novel Murder of Law.
