Touro Law Center's Office of
Development, Alumni Relations and Communications is proud to announce that
Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Joseph M. Fairfield ’99 has been selected as the alum
of the month for May 2014. LTC Fairfield is a leader in his profession, serving
as an active duty judge advocate in the U.S. Army since November of 1999. Since
9/11 he has served over 53 months deployed to both Afghanistan and Iraq. His accomplished career is highlighted in the
bio below. On behalf of the entire law school community, we extend our
congratulations to Joseph Fairfield.
LTC Joseph Fairfield is currently deployed to
Afghanistan, serving a 12 month deployment which ends this June. He is the Staff Judge Advocate for the
Special Operations Joint Command-Afghanistan (SOJTF-A) and Senior Legal Advisor
for the NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan (NSOCC-A). SOJTF-A/NSOCC-A is a division-level
headquarters and is commanded by a two-star general and encompasses all
in-country NATO special operations forces and assets, close to 13,000 special
operators, staff, and support from over 25 different nations. The
SOJTF-A/NSOCC-A mission spans the entire spectrum of special operations in a
counterterrorist and a counterinsurgent environment. The missions range from
direct action to capacity-building. As
the senior legal advisor, LTC Fairfield oversees over 20 attorneys from three
different nations and 15 legal support personnel. He is responsible for providing advice to the
command and staff regarding the rules of engagement, international law,
administrative law, fiscal law, contract law, and military justice.
LTC Fairfield’s first assignment as a judge advocate was with the 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC, from 1999-2002, where he served as the Division’s family law attorney, Administrative law attorney, Operational law attorney, and prosecutor. From 2002-2004 he was assigned as the Deputy Detachment Legal Advisor for 1st Special Operations Detachment-Delta (Airborne), Fort Bragg, NC. During this time he made numerous deployments to both Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2004 he was assigned to the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NC, as an associate professor, teaching Constitutional and Military Law.
Following his assignment at West Point, he attended The Judge Advocate General’s School and Legal Center, Charlottesville, VA, where he received his LLM in military law. From 2007-2010 he returned to Fort Bragg, NC to serve as the Command Detachment Legal Advisor for 1st Special Operations Detachment-Delta (Airborne), where he again made numerous deployments to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2010 he was awarded the US Special Operations Command’s Major General William F. Garrison Award for his years of support to US Special Operations Forces.
In 2010 he attended the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS. From 2011-2013 he served as the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate (DSJA) for Fort Benning, GA, where he oversaw the day to day operations of over 125 attorneys and legal support personnel.
Following his current deployment, he will become the Director of the Center for Law and Military Operations (CLAMO), located in Charlottesville, VA. CLAMO is a joint, interagency, and multinational legal center responsible for: (1) collecting and synthesizing data relating to legal issues arising in military operations, (2) managing a central repository of information relating to such issues, and (3) disseminating resources addressing these issues IOT facilitate the development of doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership, personnel, and facilities as these areas affect the military legal community.
LTC Fairfield is married to Mrs. Sandi Fairfield. They met in Savannah, GA, while she was attending SCAD and he was assigned to the 24th ID, at Fort Stewart, GA. They have two children. Emily is age 10 and Gavin is age 8.
LTC Fairfield’s first assignment as a judge advocate was with the 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC, from 1999-2002, where he served as the Division’s family law attorney, Administrative law attorney, Operational law attorney, and prosecutor. From 2002-2004 he was assigned as the Deputy Detachment Legal Advisor for 1st Special Operations Detachment-Delta (Airborne), Fort Bragg, NC. During this time he made numerous deployments to both Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2004 he was assigned to the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NC, as an associate professor, teaching Constitutional and Military Law.
Following his assignment at West Point, he attended The Judge Advocate General’s School and Legal Center, Charlottesville, VA, where he received his LLM in military law. From 2007-2010 he returned to Fort Bragg, NC to serve as the Command Detachment Legal Advisor for 1st Special Operations Detachment-Delta (Airborne), where he again made numerous deployments to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2010 he was awarded the US Special Operations Command’s Major General William F. Garrison Award for his years of support to US Special Operations Forces.
In 2010 he attended the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS. From 2011-2013 he served as the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate (DSJA) for Fort Benning, GA, where he oversaw the day to day operations of over 125 attorneys and legal support personnel.
Following his current deployment, he will become the Director of the Center for Law and Military Operations (CLAMO), located in Charlottesville, VA. CLAMO is a joint, interagency, and multinational legal center responsible for: (1) collecting and synthesizing data relating to legal issues arising in military operations, (2) managing a central repository of information relating to such issues, and (3) disseminating resources addressing these issues IOT facilitate the development of doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership, personnel, and facilities as these areas affect the military legal community.
LTC Fairfield is married to Mrs. Sandi Fairfield. They met in Savannah, GA, while she was attending SCAD and he was assigned to the 24th ID, at Fort Stewart, GA. They have two children. Emily is age 10 and Gavin is age 8.
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