Brian Corneilson

Lt.Col. Brian C. Corneilson, U.S. Army (Ret.), practices in the litigation section of the Middleton Reutlinger law firm in Louisville, Kentucky.

Corneilson served a one-year tour of duty in Iraq "as a JAG Officer just prior to his retirement" in December 2005 after more than twenty years on active duty.

Corneilson is a member of the pro-war in Iraq Republican front group Vets for Freedom's National Leadership Team.

Profiles
"Corneilson is from Long Island, New York. He attended Syracuse University on an ROTC Scholarship. Upon graduation he was commissioned as a second Lieutenant in U.S. Army" "as an aviator in 1985 and flew Black Hawk helicopters for the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky until 1989."

"In 1993, Mr. Corneilson graduated from Harvard Law School and transferred to the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. His subsequent assignments included the 1st Infantry Division, the 10th Mountain Division, the US Army Armor Center at Fort Knox, and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. From May 2004 to June 2005, he was the senior legal advisor in northern Iraq."

At Middleton Reutlinger, Corneilson "began his extensive litigation practice by prosecuting criminal cases under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He later defended the Department of the Army in federal district and appellate courts against claims of employment discrimination."

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Operation Iraqi Freedom: Year Five

External articles

 * Mark Benjamin, "Military Injustice. Iraq vet Jullian Goodrum blasted his superiors for misdeeds that he says cost a soldier his life. His reward: The Army he once loved refused to treat his psychological wounds, then charged him with desertion," Salon, June 7, 2005; see page 7.