[caption id="attachment_10966" align="alignright" width="300"] Rear Adm. Michael I. Quinn Commander, Naval Civil Law Support Activity and Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy (Civil Law), addresses the audience during his retirement ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial. Quinn was promoted upon his retirement after 28 years of honorable and dedicated service to our Nation and our Navy. Rear Adm. Michael I. Quinn was promoted upon his retirement after 28 years of honorable and dedicated service to our Nation and our Navy. For the past year Quinn has served with distinction as Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy, concurrent with his assignment as AJAG ( [caption id="attachment_10966" align="alignright" width="300"] Rear Adm. Michael I. Quinn Commander, Naval Civil Law Support Activity and Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy (Civil Law), addresses the audience during his retirement ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial. Quinn was promoted upon his retirement after 28 years of honorable and dedicated service to our Nation and our Navy. Rear Adm. Michael I. Quinn was promoted upon his retirement after 28 years of honorable and dedicated service to our Nation and our Navy. For the past year Quinn has served with distinction as Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy, concurrent with his assignment as AJAG (Civil Law). Quinn's service as AJAG of the Navy marked the culmination of an extraordinarily successful career. His previous assignments include Special Counsel to the Chief of Naval Operations; Commanding Officer, Naval Legal Service Office Southwest, Executive Assistant to the Judge Advocate General and Deputy Judge Advocate General; Deputy Division Director, Office of the Judge Advocate General Administrative Law Division (Code 13); counsel to the Court of inquiry convened to investigate the collision of the USS Greeneville (SSN 772) and the Japanese M/V Ehime Maru; the Navy's Office of Legislative Affairs; Executive Officer, Naval Justice School; Command Judge Advocate, USS Nimitz (CVN 68); and Command Judge Advocate, Naval Station Fallon. Throughout his career, Quinn provided exceptional legal and policy advice to the Department of State, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, Judge Advocate General of the Navy, and OJAG staff on countless topics involving military personnel law; operational law; environmental law; national security, intelligence, and cyber law; civil litigation; claims; pending legislation; legal assistance; equal opportunity; the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act; and Government ethics. Notable accomplishments include supervising Department of Defense representation on the United States delegation to the International Maritime Organization, coordinating support to the Department of Defense Representative for Ocean Policy Affairs and supervising Navy representation at interagency meetings on the Law of the Sea Convention chaired by the Under Secretary of State, overseeing the development of the National Ocean Policy, expertly guiding the Navy's legal response to the January 2013 grounding of USS Guardian (MCM 5) on Tubbataha Reef in the Philippines, directing the creation of comprehensive cyber law training, managing the JAG Corps' Professional Responsibility Program, leading the JAG Corps' "Legal Assistance for Crime Victims" initiative, and overseeing the deployment of the Claims Response Team in response to several disasters, including the crash of a Navy F/A-18 into an apartment complex in Virginia. His contributions to the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, and the JAG Corps will resonate for years to come. ). Quinn's service as AJAG of the Navy marked the culmination of an extraordinarily successful career. His previous assignments include Special Counsel to the Chief of Naval Operations; Commanding Officer, Naval Legal Service Office Southwest, Executive Assistant to the Judge Advocate General and Deputy Judge Advocate General; Deputy Division Director, Office of the Judge Advocate General Administrative Law Division (Code 13); counsel to the Court of inquiry convened to investigate the collision of the USS Greeneville (SSN 772) and the Japanese M/V Ehime Maru; the Navy's Office of Legislative Affairs; Executive Officer, Naval Justice School; Command Judge Advocate, USS Nimitz (CVN 68); and Command Judge Advocate, Naval Station Fallon. Throughout his career, Quinn provided exceptional legal and policy advice to the Department of State, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, Judge Advocate General of the Navy, and OJAG staff on countless topics involving military personnel law; operational law; environmental law; national security, intelligence, and cyber law; civil litigation; claims; pending legislation; legal assistance; equal opportunity; the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act; and Government ethics. Notable accomplishments include supervising Department of Defense representation on the United States delegation to the International Maritime Organization, coordinating support to the Department of Defense Representative for Ocean Policy Affairs and supervising Navy representation at interagency meetings on the Law of the Sea Convention chaired by the Under Secretary of State, overseeing the development of the National Ocean Policy, expertly guiding the Navy's legal response to the January 2013 grounding of USS Guardian (MCM 5) on Tubbataha Reef in the Philippines, directing the creation of comprehensive cyber law training, managing the JAG Corps' Professional Responsibility Program, leading the JAG Corps' "Legal Assistance for Crime Victims" initiative, and overseeing the deployment of the Claims Response Team in response to several disasters, including the crash of a Navy F/A-18 into an apartment complex in Virginia. His contributions to the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, and the JAG Corps will resonate for years to come.