Christopher Dong

Experience

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  Western District Of Wisconsin

  Sept 1995 - Sept 1996

  Judicial Law Clerk

  Extensive research and writing on a wide variety of criminal and civil litigation, including civil rights, criminal conspiracy, employment, and commercial litigation for the Honorable Stephen L. Crocker, Magistrate Judge. Duties included compiling findings of fact, memorandums of law, and opinions on pretrial and summary judgment motions.

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  United States Air Force

  Sept 1996 - Sept 1999

  Litigation Attorney, 375th Airlift Wing, Scott Air Force Base

  Prosecuted military members at courts-martial, represented agency in civilian employment discrimination matters before the EEOC, and litigated administrative discharge proceedings. Military grand jury and evidentiary hearings. Jury trials before officer and enlisted panels. Legal advisor to Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI), Inspector General (IG), and Equal Employment Office (EEO). Advised senior agency officials in a wide variety of criminal, federal employment, tort (medical malpractice), labor, and government contract matters. Supervised legal assistance and the Air Force's sixth busiest claims office. Show less

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  National Security Agency

  Jan 1999 - Nov 2002

  Litigation Attorney, Office of General Counsel, National Security Agency

  Agency representative before the EEOC and federal district court. Brief writing, witness preparation, deposition, motion, and administrative hearing experience in employment discrimination, civil rights, Administrative Procedures Act, and Freedom of Information Act litigation. Investigating Officer to military grand jury and evidentiary hearings. Awarded Defense Meritorious Service Medal by the Director of the National Security Agency.

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  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  Jan 2002 - May 2010

  Assistant General Counsel

  Legal support to FBI counter-terrorism and counterintelligence units worldwide. Drafted Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act requests, investigated Intelligence Oversight Board matters, and provided guidance to FBIHQ Supervisory Special Agents. Litigation support to Assistant U.S. Attorneys in civil rights and Federal Tort Claims Act matters. Legal liaison to the FBI’s Office of Congressional Affairs. Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) Security Clearance.Detail: Litigation Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (August 2005-May 2006). Appellate practice before the Third, Fourth, and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals. Authored fourteen briefs and thirteen motions to dismiss involving asylum, withholding of removal, cancellation of removal, Convention Against Torture, suspension of deportation, registry, habeas corpus, and other related matters. Performed circuit counselor duties, responded to time-sensitive stay requests. Show less

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  U.S. Air Force Reserve

  Jan 2003 - Sept 2020

  Labor Law Attorney, Labor Law Field Support Center, Air Force Legal Operations Agency (AFLOA). Litigated and managed collective action union grievances filed by Air Force employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Federal Employee Overtime Act. Assessed employee job descriptions and duties for FLSA exemption purposes, while conducting investigations and administrative hearings involving allegations that the Air Force improperly coerced hundreds of employees to work overtime valued in excess of $110M. Monitored compliance with Air Force guidance while proposing systemic solutions to prevent violations. Litigation before the EEO Office of Federal Operations and Merit Systems Protection Board. Authored trial and appellate briefs as agency counsel.Legal advisor to Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI).Managed AFOSI attorneys and paralegals performing legal support to AFOSI Criminal Justice Indexing Cell, responsible for indexing UCMJ violations into NCIC/III, NICS, DCII, and CODIS databases. Reviewed criminal investigative files, assigned cases,and authored and reviewed legal opinions. Show less Litigation Attorney, Air Force Legal Operations Agency, JB Andrews, MD; IMA to the Staff Judge Advocate, 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, SC; Medical Law Consultant, 79th Medical Wing, Andrews AFB, MD; Labor Law Counselor and Trial Attorney, Air Force Legal Operations Agency, Rosslyn, VA.As a reservist Medical Law Consultant to the 79th Medical Wing, provides legal advice and counsel to senior management at Bolling, Andrews, McGuire, Dover, and Hanscom Air Force Bases. Investigates medical tort claims against the government and serves as governmental counsel in medical credentialing proceedings. Previously, as a Labor Counselor assigned to the Central Labor Law Office, provided legal support to Air Force management officials concerning disciplinary and performance issues, unfair labor practices, and matters before the EEOC. Drafted and defended removal notices and other charging documents in compliance with Air Force policies, federal statutes, and collective bargaining agreements. Agency representative in litigation before the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Show less

  • Lieutenant Colonel, Labor Law Attorney, Labor Law Field Support Center

    Mar 2019 - Sept 2020

  • Lieutenant Colonel, Medical and Labor Law Attorney, Judge Advocate General Corps

    Jan 2003 - Sept 2020
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  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

  May 2010 - Jul 2022

  Attorney-Advisor, Office of Inspector General

  Attorney-Advisor, Office of Investigations and Office of the Counselor to the Inspector General, US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA-OIG).Provides legal support, advice, and training to senior VA-OIG management and over 200 criminal and administrative investigators regarding issues of criminal procedure, information law, employment law, medical law, and contract law. Directs, reviews, and supports VA-OIG medical and contract investigations, to include the assessment of investigative plans, gathering of evidence, interview of witnesses, and drafting of reports. Assists AUSAs in criminal proceedings as well as those involving Bivens, Title VII, the Federal Tort Claims Act, and other civil law matters. Serves as agency counsel before the MSPB and EEOC and advises supervisors regarding disciplinary and performance issues. Responds to Giglio/Henthorne requests, drafts legal policies, and provides legal review of internal investigations. Top Secret (TS) Security Clearance. Show less

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  Department of the Navy, Office of the General Counsel

  Aug 2022 - now

  Associate Counsel