• The United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, VA
  • Master of Laws (LLM.) - 2007
  • Military Law (Administrative and Civil Law Specialty)
  • The Judge Advocate General’s Award for Best Thesis
• The University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, SC
  • J.D.  - 2002
  • 1999,  Army Funded Legal Education Program
• The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
  • B.A.  - 1994
  • Foreign Affairs Major, History Minor
  • Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Scholarship Recipient

Bar Admissions:

South Carolina (11/2002) (inactive)

District of Columbia (09/2013)

Virginia (03/2024)

Not Licensed in Texas

Admitted to Practice:

U.S. Supreme Court

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Court of Federal Claims

Published WorksNicole Siegel, et al., Protecting Those Who Protect Us: An Introduction to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act for AUSAs Interested in Starting a Servicemembers and Veterans Practice, 70 DOJ J. Fed. L. & Pract. 1 (January 2022)

Deirdre G. Brou, Alternatives to the Judicially Promulgated Feres Doctrine, 192 Mil. L. Rev. 1 (2007)

• Cited in Carter, et al. v. United States, 604 U.S. __, n. 1 (2025) (Thomas, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari)
• Cited in Regan v. Starcraft Marine, LLC, 719 F. Supp. 2d 690 (5th Cir. 2008)
• Cited in Siddiqui v. United States, Case No. 17-13351 (E.D. Mich. November 27, 2018)

Professional Experience

• Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, 01/2024-09/2024, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), Washington, D.C.
• Assistant U.S. Attorney (“AUSA”), Civil Rights Enforcement Unit,  10/2016 – 01/2024, U.S. Attorney’s Office (“USAO”), Eastern District of Virginia (“EDVa”), Alexandria, VA
  • Lead civil enforcement attorney in Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (“SCRA”) and Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (“USERRA”)
• Trial Attorney, Policy and Statutory Enforcement Unit,  01/2015 – 10/2016, Office of Enforcement Operations, Criminal Division, DoJ, Washington, D.C.
• U.S. Army Officer 05/1994-12/2014
• Criminal Defense Attorney, Office of the Chief Defense Counsel, 07/2012 – 12/2014, Military Commissions, DoD,  Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
• Army Special AUSA, Civil Division,  07/2009 – 07/2012, USAO – EDVa, Alexandria, VA
  • Lead defense counsel in lawsuits brought against the United States involving Constitutional torts, the Privacy Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), and federal employment law.
• Litigation Attorney, Torts Branch, Litigation Division, 05/2007 – 07/2009, U.S. Army Legal Services Agency Arlington, VA, Army agency counsel for FTCA and Constitutional tort lawsuits
• Student, LL.M. Program,  08/2006-05/2007, The U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School,  Charlottesville, VA
• Senior Trial Counsel, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, 01/2004-08/2006, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX,
  • Senior prosecutor in the Army’s busiest criminal law jurisdiction.

Volunteer Activities and Affiliations

• Advisory Board Member, Warrior Expeditions
• Member, Team Rubicon