Greg Belanger retired in 2012 as a United States Navy Captain, Judge Advocate Generals Corps. Prior to attending law school, he served as a US Navy Special Warfare (SEAL) officer as a platoon leader. As a Navy lawyer, he served with distinction in positions as a General Counsel to Commanders, two years as a Commanding Officer, and seven years of postings as a trial lawyer conducting federal criminal and civil litigation. Since his retirement, he has served as General Counsel at global security and data/information operations services companies. In these positions, he has managed risk associated with litigation, contracts, and transactions to include mergers and acquisitions. He has also led companies through deferred prosecution and consent agreements. He is in private practice as a founding partner of Belanger & Rae, PLLC, which provides legal services to commercial entities contracting with the Federal Government and partnering with other commercial entities.

Mr. Belanger has held the following positions:

• General Counsel and Compliance Manager, Espire Services LLC
• General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, ACADEMI LLC
• General Counsel, Director of Legal Operations, and Deputy Rule of Law Field Force, Combined and Joint Interagency Task Force 435 (Afghanistan)
• Commanding Officer, Naval Legal Services Office Pacific

Education:

• LLM, International and Comparative Law, George Washington University Law School
• LLM, Tax Law, Georgetown Law School
• JD, California Western School of Law
• MS, Strategic Studies, US Army War College
• BS, University of the State of New York, Regents College