About Thomas
Thomas Roughneen is the founder of Citizen Soldier Law, established in 2013. He served as an Assistant Prosecutor in Union and Essex Counties for nine years. He enlisted in the New Jersey Army National Guard in 1988, received his commission in 1990, and retired after 30 years of service as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG). His military service included commanding a field artillery battery, leading civil-military operations in Iraq (2003-2004), serving as defense counsel for a Guantanamo Bay detainee, a military prosecutor, a Brigade Judge Advocate in Germany, and an adjudicator at the Physical Evaluation Board (PEB). He holds a Masters from Johns Hopkins University (2007), a Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall University School of Law (1995), and an undergraduate degree from Rutgers College (1991). He received a Meritorious Service Medal (2011) and two Bronze Star Medals. He is a former Chairman of the Military Law and Veterans Affairs Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
Licensed States
Education
Masters
Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies
Juris Doctorate
Seton Hall University School of Law
Undergraduate Degree
Rutgers College
Colleagues at Citizen Soldier Law
Allan Marain
Weapons, Expungements and Criminal Defense
Peter A. Vanderland, Jr.
Former Physical Evaluation Board Adjudicator/Paralegal, Colonel (Ret.)
Robert Weisneck
Retired Army National Guard HR SFC
Anthony Sciaraffa
Retired Army Guard Reserve Judge Advocate
Col (Ret) Patrick Alan Barnett
Colonel (retired), U.S. Army
Alice Tzeng
Physician on Staff
Contact Thomas
Location
1 Edgeview Dr., Ste C, Hackettstown, NJ 07840
Hackettstown, NJ
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