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SUMMARY * Managing attorney and general counsel for the Massachusetts National Guard. * A strategic and innovative thinker. * Proven ability to quickly and effectively adapt to diverse situations and environments. * Spearheaded strategic partnerships with community leaders. * Instituted cutting-edge criminal and administrative investigation procedures. * A dynamic instructor and trainer who has lectured locally, nationally, and internationally. * Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1994. COMMAND JUDGE ADVOCATE * Direct and oversee legal operations for the Massachusetts National Guard. * Ensure that all aspects of daily operations comply with state and federal law and regulations. * Maintain working partnerships with Army Criminal Investigation Division, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Massachusetts State Police, and Massachusetts Inspector General. * Supervise legal review of state and federal contracting and procurement. * Led the successful effort to defend against environmental legal challenges to military training at Camp Edwards in Bourne Massachusetts. * Instrumental in creating community working groups to oversee military training at Camp Edwards in Bourne, Massachusetts. * Developed the legal engagement program for the Massachusetts state partnership with the military forces of the Republic of Paraguay. STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE, CAMP PHOENIX, AFGHANISTAN * Director of Legal Operations for Task Force Yankee and the Kabul Base Cluster. * Directed criminal and administrative investigations for the 26th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. * Developed joint investigation partnerships between the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division and the Task Force Yankee Provost Marshal. * Planned and successfully executed counter-drug operations with the Kabul City Police aimed at major drug traffickers in the greater Kabul area. Anthony Sciaraffa, of 5 * Member of the Kabul Regional Command Joint Acquisition Review Board. SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR * Sexual assault investigator for the National Guard Bureau Office of Complex Investigations, leading investigation teams throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. * Assessed allegations and developed investigation plans and strategies. * Conducted forensic interviews of the victim, subject and witnesses. * Collected and analyzed documentary and physical evidence. * Interfaced with municipal police, sheriff's departments, and Federal Bureau of Investigation. * Developed final investigation reports. SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATION TRAINER * Primary instructor in interview techniques, investigation methods, legal considerations, and best practices and procedures. * Developed legal and investigative training for military and civilian sexual assault investigators. * Trained attorneys, military law enforcement agents, civilian law enforcement officers, college and university Title IX investigators, and victim advocacy specialists.
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