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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:
- Military Law Attorney
- Criminal Defense Attorney
- Active Duty JAG Officer for 15 Years
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Founder, Managing Attorney, Lee L. Stockdale, Attorney at Law, 2007-Present
Military Law practice specializing in Administrative Appeals; Reprimands; Rebuttals; ABCMR Appeals; OER/NCOER Appeals; Correction of Military Records; Referred OERs; GOMORs; 15-6’s; OMPF-Filed Derogatory Information.
Criminal Defense in North Carolina District and Superior Courts; types of cases defended: assault with a deadly weapon; felony larceny; kidnapping; 1st degree burglary; felony robbery with a dangerous weapon; manufacturing/trafficking in methamphetamine; assault and battery; financial fraud.
Command Judge Advocate, Army Human Resources Command (HRC), St. Louis, Missouri, 2003-2007
Senior active duty attorney for the Army agency responsible for personnel management of hundreds of thousands of Army Soldiers; managed an office of fourteen attorneys, paralegals and support staff; supervised legal services regarding military justice, criminal, administrative, labor, personnel, Privacy, and Freedom of Information laws.
Personally reviewed all reprimands for filing in Soldiers’ OMPFs; reviewed all Soldier appeals of reprimands for consideration by the Department of the Army Suitability Evaluation Board (DASEB); successfully achieved positive, Soldier-oriented changes to AR 600-37, “Unfavorable Information.”
Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Birmingham, Alabama, 2000-2003
Advised a Two-Star Commanding General regarding his legal responsibilities for Command and Control of 30,000 Soldiers throughout the eight southeastern states; counseled the CG and General Staff during implementation of National Security initiatives after 9/11.
Senior Judge Advocate, Office of the Chief, Army Reserve (OCAR), Pentagon, 1999-2000
Legal Counsel to the Chief, Army Reserve (CAR), his staff, and subordinate executive leaders at HQDA; trained leaders regarding federal ethics rules, procurement integrity rules, inherently governmental functions, and contractor issues; moved the agency significantly forward in its corporate understanding.
EDUCATION:
Juris Doctorate, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1989
Master’s Degree, Strategic Studies, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 2003
Bachelor’s Degree, English, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1977
PROFESSIONAL LEGAL TRAINING:
Children as Witnesses and Victims, 2009
Felony Defender Training, 2009
Army JAG Worldwide Conference, 2007
Professional Responsibility, Cases Involving Army Lawyers, 2007
Fairness to Opposing Party and Counsel, 2007
Army Worldwide Equal Employment Opportunity Conference, 2006
National Security Personnel System, 2006
Mediator Skills Training for Court-Based Settlement Program, 2004
Managing Information Technology Forensic Information, 2004
Federal Dispute Resolution, 2004
Privacy and Freedom of Information Act, 2003
Advanced Labor and Employment Law, 2003
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Member in Good Standing of the Bars of the States of North Carolina, and South Carolina
Polk County Bar Association, Vice President
