17. John Jenkins, A Man For All Seasons

Episode description

John and I served together at Naval Legal Service Office, Mid-Atlantic in the mid-1990s.  A surface warfare officer who transitioned to the JAG Corps via the Legal Education Program, he quickly established himself as a skilled litigator, both as a prosecutor and defense counsel.  Given his great credentials, a line officer, his courtroom skills and because his father had been a career judge advocate, many of us thought John would remain on active duty for a long time.  However, Joh ended up transitioning to the Naval Reserves.  Leveraging his vast military courts-martial litigation experience, John joined a firm in Northern Virginia, where he continued his career in the courtroom. John’s firm was retained to represent a company who saw several of its executives indicted, which eventually hired him as a litigation attorney and where eventually became its corporate secretary and general counsel.  John's career is about seizing the day and taking advantage of opportunities as they arise.   

John’s LinkedIn profile can be accessed by clicking here.

A few notes:

1.  User error during the edit process required a Mulligan, forcing a re-start of the entire process.  This is the reason for the late release.

2.  You may note a few slight audio issues.  I had intended to work on those, but #1 caused me to put it out as is.

This interview was conducted April 18, 2022.