For the first time in over a decade, the National Institute of Military Justice has elected a new Chair:
Philip D. Cave.
Phil is well known in the military justice community, and is likely the longest continuously practicing attorney in this jurisdiction. A retired lieutenant commander in the Navy JAG Corps, he is the dean of the defense bar. Few have left such an enduring imprint, and his work is not yet done.
NIMJ is the oldest, and perhaps only, learned society dedicated to the improvement and understanding of the military justice system. It serves as an enduring civil society institution--one that is scrupulously independent of Pentagon influence.
Phil succeeds Ronald W. Meister, another former naval person/military judge, retired New York litigator, and current Town of Mamaroneck, NY, justice.
ReplyDeleteNIMJ's first chair was the late Rear Admiral John S. Jenkins, retired Judge Advocate General of the Navy and a longtime dean at GW Law School.
BZ to Ron and congratulations to Phil.
There seems to be a nautical bias, or, at least, predilection. As an army dude, I just don't know how I feel about that.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Phil, and thank you Ron, for your service.