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Davis, Dr. Elizabeth Van Wie

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Nelson, Lt. Col. Brian

Oehlers, Dr. Alfred L.K.B.

O'Donnell, CDR Brian

Peterman, Mr. Tom

Salmon, AMB Charles

Sato, Dr. Yoichiro

Shanahan, COL (Ret) Dave

Smith, Capt. Brad

Sweeney, Col. Thomas

Vuving, Alexander

Watson, Dr. Virginia

Weisz, Lt. Col. Michael

Adjunct Faculty

Baker, Mr. Dick

Barton, Dr. Greg

Chalk, Dr. Peter

Daniels, Mr. Mike

Finin, Dr. Gerald

Goosby, Dr. Stanley

Halloran, Mr. Richard

Hawley, Mr. Leonard R.

Johnson, Mr. Curtis

Markovinovic, Ms. Mary

Palmer, Lt. Col. Wesley

Tekwani, Mr. Shayam

BRIAN O'DONNELL
COMMANDER, JAGC, U.S. NAVY

MILITARY PROFESSOR

Area of Expertise -  International Law

CDR Brian O'Donnell

Commander Brian O’Donnell joined the faculty at the Asia Pacific Center in May of 2007 after completing a four year tour as Deputy and Chief of Operational Law at United States Central Command.  During that time Commander O’Donnell also spent eleven months forward deployed supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and the Horn of Africa. 

Some of Commander O’Donnell’s other military assignments include:  International Law Professor and Legal Advisor for Naval War College / Naval Warfare Development Command, Newport, RI; Deputy Fleet Judge Advocate, Commander SEVENTH Fleet, forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan; Senior Prosecutor and Civil Law Department head, Navy Legal Service Office, Yokosuka, Japan; Command Judge Advocate and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, NAS North Island, San Diego, CA; Deputy Command Judge Advocate, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72), NAS Alameda, CA; Prosecutor and Defense Counsel, Naval Legal Service Office Detachment, NAS Whidbey Island, WA.

Commander O’Donnell graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Sociology.  He earned his Juris Doctor at the University of Richmond and Masters of Law in International Law from the University of Virginia.  Commander O’Donnell is an honor graduate from the Naval Justice School and has been selected as Foreign Area Officer for East Asia and the Pacific.  He was a contributing editor on Computer Network Attack and International Law  (issued as:  International Law Studies, vol. 76, 2002); Reporter for CNO 1999 International Seapower Symposium; and co-author of Humanitarian Law: Developing International Rules for the Digital Battlefield; Journal of Conflict and Security Law Volume 8, Number 1, March 2003.

A member of Virginia Bar, Commander O’Donnell is admitted to practice before the Virginia Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia.

 

 

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