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Military & Veteran’s Law Section SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES by order of presentation Michael E. Mulligan U.S. Army Advocacy Center Fort Belvoir, NC Colonel (Retired) Michael E. Mulligan, U.S. Army, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, retired in September 2019 after 30 years of service. His final assignment was as the Senior Judge, U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, from July 2015 until September 2019. He is currently the civilian Director of the U.S. Army Advocacy Center located on Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Colonel Mulligan received a B.A. in English from the State University of New York at Oswego. He received his Juris Doctor in 1988 from University of Tulsa, John Rogers School of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma. He served as an Assistant District Attorney in Tulsa County, Oklahoma before joining the Judge Advocate General’s Corps with a direct commission in 1989. He received a LLM, with a Criminal Law specialty, from Judge Advocate General’s School in 1998 and a Masters in Strategic Studies from National Defense University in 2009. Colonel Mulligan is a member of the State Bar of Oklahoma as well as admitted to practice before the United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and the United States Supreme Court. As a military prosecutor, Colonel Mulligan was involved in the majority of Army high profile cases beginning with U.S. v. Schapp, a notorious murder by beheading case from Germany in 1992. After the change in sentencing to make life without parole a possible sentence, he was the first trial counsel to obtain a life without parole sentence in a rape/murder case in 1999. Colonel Mulligan was involved in the majority of the Army death penalty cases throughout his career at both trial and on appeal. At the trial level, he was the military prosecutor in two death penalty cases, U.S. v. Akbar and U.S. v. Hasan. The case of U.S. v. Akbar (grenade thrower from 101st Airborne Division) is the first military death penalty case to be affirmed by every reviewing appellate court. The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari, and Akbar awaits the President’s signature to assign a date of execution. U.S. v. Hasan (the Fort Hood shooting) was recently affirmed by the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals and will now undergo mandatory review by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Colonel Mulligan’s assignments include: Chief, Criminal Law Division, Office of the Judge Advocate General 2013-2015; Chief, Government Appellate Division 2010-2013; Executive Officer, Deputy Commanding General, Multi-National Forces Iraq 2009, Deputy Judge Advocate, U.S. Army Europe, Heidelberg, Germany 2007-2008; Staff Judge Advocate, 7th Joint Multinational Training Center, Grafenwoehr, Germany 2006-2007; Staff Judge Advocate, 1st Infantry Division, Wuerzburg, Germany 2005-2006; Chief, Trial Counsel Assistance Program, U.S. Army Legal Services Agency, 2003-2005; Captain Assignments Officer, PPTO, Office of the Judge Advocate General 2001-2003; Chief, Criminal Law, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas 1998-2000; Litigation Attorney, Environmental Law Division, U.S. Army Legal Services Agency, Arlington, Virginia 1995-1997; Branch Chief, Government Appellate Division, 1994-1995; Officer-in-Charge, Wiesbaden Legal Center, Germany, 1993-1994; Trial Defense Counsel, 32d Air Defense Command, Darmstadt, Germany, 1992-1993; Trial Counsel, V Corps, Frankfurt, Germany, 1990-1992. Col. Kasia Krul U.S. Army Trial Defense Service Ft. Bragg, NC Colonel Katherine “Kasia” Krul Stich is the US Army Trial Defense Service Regional Defense Counsel (RDC) for the Southeast. She assumed RDC duties in July 2019, reporting from The Judge Advocate General’s Personnel, Plans and Training Office where she last served as the Chief, Judge Advocate General’s Assignments Branch. Colonel Stich received a direct commission into the US Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps in 2001, immediately following graduation from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2000. Colonel Stich is married to COL Patrick T. Stich. They have two strong elementary school aged daughters. EDUCATION: 2008 – LL.M., Military Law, The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center & School 2000 – J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law 1997 – B.A. Political Science, Saint Bonaventure University PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS: 1. 2016-2019- Personnel, Plans and Training Office Career Manager, US Army Pentagon 2. 2014-2016- Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Fort Sill, OK 3. 2012-2014– Student, Command and General Staff College, Chief of Administrative Law, Fort Leavenworth, KS 4. 2011-2012 – Labor Law Attorney, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii 5. 2010-2011: Senior Defense Counsel, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii 6. 2008-2010 – Brigade Judge Advocate, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Hawaii/Tikrit Iraq 7. 2007-2008- Student, Graduate Course, TJAGLCS 8. 2004-2007- Defense Counsel, Chief of Justice, Chief of Administrative Law, Fort Jackson, SC 9. 2001-2004 – Legal Assistance, Claims, Trial Counsel and Brigade Judge Advocate, Fort Drum NY (deployments to Kosovo and Afghanistan) 10. 2001- Student, Judge Advocate General’s Officer Basic Course Kenny Dojaquez Carpenter Chartered Topeka, KS Kenny Dojaquez is a retired Major of the US Army. He served in Iraq as a Cavalry Troop Commander and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Action Badge for his service in Iraq. He is a graduate of West Point and the University of South Carolina School of Law. He represents veterans at all levels within the VA as well as the US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and the US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Kenny is a regular speaker on veteran's disability topics both nationally and locally. .