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Major General Michael J. Nardotti

Michael Nardotti, A former judge advocate general for the U.S. Army and decorated combat veteran, retired Maj. Gen. Michael J. Nardotti Jr. is currently a partner specializing in government contracts for the law firm Patton Boggs LLP.

Nardotti served more than 28 years on active duty, most recently as the judge advocate general from 1993 to 1997. He has counseled, negotiated, and advocated at all levels within the Army, the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, and with members of Congress. He has advised senior officials on sensitive, complex, and highly visible legal and policy issues, including criminal and civil litigation, the investigative and senior official misconduct areas, and matters of high interest to Congress and the media.

As judge advocate general, he was the senior military lawyer on a team of more than 4,000 attorneys responsible for providing legal services to more than one million active, Guard, and Reserve personnel stationed worldwide, plus their families.

A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he earned the J.D. from Fordham University. He joined Patton Boggs in 1997. He is a member of the District of Columbia and New York Bars and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.


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