lt. Col Tom Oakley (RET)

Tom is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel, serving over 25 years on active duty.  His service included assignments as an Armor Officer and Judge Advocate, and two combat deployments.  Tom has practiced law across the legal domains, including criminal, administrative, and operational law.  He is a published author and experienced panelist and lecturer, and is a co-editor of the The Future Law of War, Oxford Press in 2022.  

 

Tom graduated from West Point in 2000, and subsequently obtained law degrees from the Ohio State Moritz College of Law and Columbia Law School.  Tom stays busy as the Director of Academy Advancement at West Point and serves independently on multiple boards.  

 

Tom and his wife Angela live in upstate New York and have two children in college.