Charles D. Ablard
Charles D. Ablard | |
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| Born | October 25, 1930 Enid, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Attorney, judge |
| Years active | 1954–2009 |
| Known for | General Counsel of the Army (1975–1977), administrative judge at U.S. Department of Defense (2003–2009) |
Charles D. Ablard (born October 25, 1930) is an American attorney who held the position of General Counsel of the Army between 1975 and 1977. He also served as an administrative judge within the United States Department of Defense from 2003 until his retirement in 2009. Following his retirement, Ablard has been actively involved in volunteer initiatives focusing on diplomacy and historic preservation in both Washington, D.C., and Alexandria, Virginia.
Biography
Ablard was born in Enid, Oklahoma, and completed his undergraduate studies in business administration along with an LL.B. degree at the University of Oklahoma by 1954. Between 1954 and 1956, he served as a judge advocate officer in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps, with assignments including locations in Japan and at Maxwell Air Force Base. He further advanced his legal education by earning an LL.M. from George Washington University Law School in 1959.
Throughout his legal profession, Ablard was a partner at the Washington, D.C.-based firm Ablard & Harrison. His career also encompassed roles such as General Counsel and Congressional Liaison for the United States Information Agency, Vice-President and Counsel for both the Magazine Publishers Association and the American Society of Magazine Editors, Special Counsel to the American Bar Association, and Judicial Officer for the United States Post Office, where he chaired the Board of Contract Appeals. He gained recognition as an authority on U.S. administrative law, notably founding the ABA's Administrative Law News newsletter in 1962.
In 1972, Ablard took on the role of associate deputy attorney general at the United States Department of Justice. President Gerald Ford appointed him as General Counsel of the Army in 1975, a role he fulfilled until 1977. He was a member of the Board for International Broadcasting from 1980 to 1984 and subsequently became a partner at the Washington, D.C. law firm Gage & Tucker.
In 2003, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld appointed Ablard to serve within the Department of Defense's Office of Hearings and Appeals, where he remained until retiring.
Works by Charles D. Ablard
- "Some Comparisons Between the Council on Tribunals and the Administrative Conference of the United States", The American Journal of Comparative Law (1976)
- "Judicial Review of National Security Decisions: United States and United Kingdom", William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 27, Issue 4 (1986)
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