Mike Lipkin

Adjunct Professor of Law

Education

LL.M., Army Judge Advocate General’s School - Charlottesville, Virginia
J.D., University of Houston
B.A., University of Texas at Austin

Biography

COL Mike Lipkin, U.S. Army, currently serves as the Director of Legal Studies at the US Army War College in Carlisle, PA. He previously served as the Chief Legal Advisor, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, Italy, where he advised a four-star Joint Command and staff on all manner of legal issues, including international and operational law, labor, contracting and fiscal, and administrative law. Prior to that, he served as a legal advisor at the NATO Joint Warfare Centre in Stavanger, Norway, where he trained NATO legal advisors from across the Alliance. He previously served as the Staff Judge Advocate for U.S. Army South, the Army component command for the U.S. SOUTHCOM Combatant Command. He also previously served as the Chief of Environmental Litigation for the U.S. Army, and as the Command Judge Advocate for NATO Train, Advise, and Assist Command – South, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Other assignments include the Brigade Judge Advocate, 17th Field Artillery Brigade, and Rule of Law Attorney, NATO Rule of Law Field Support Mission, Afghanistan.

: Prior to joining the Army as a Judge Advocate, COL Lipkin served for seven years on active duty in the U.S. Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer, deploying to the Persian Gulf during Operation Iraqi Freedom onboard USS Boxer, LHD-4. He continued his naval service as a reservist while earning his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Houston. COL Lipkin also holds a Batchelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Laws from the Army Judge Advocate General’s School in Charlottesville, Virginia. He enjoys Houston sports teams, SCUBA diving, and kayaking.

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