| David E. Coombs | |
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Coombs on November 3, 2009 |
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| Born | David Edward Coombs July 6, 1969 (age 41) Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
David Edward Coombs is a United States military defense counsel notable for his role in several high-profile cases.
Coombs spent twelve years on active duty service with the United States Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps. During this time, he was an Acting Chief of Military Justice, Senior Capital Defense Counsel, Judicial Advisor for the Iraqi Central Criminal Court - and was certified as a Military Judge.[1]
He was Professor of Law at The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia during 2006-2009,[1] and in 2007 he was a co-supervisor in the University of Virginia Law Extramural (Moot Court) Advocacy Team.[2]
From 2003 to 2005, he served as one of four defense counsel[3] in the United States v. Sergeant Hasan Akbar case, a matter which received wide coverage.[4][5][6][7]
In 2009, Coombs left active duty service, and now runs a private practice specializing in defending members of the United States Army.[8] He is currently (2010) representing US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning regarding allegations of improper release of classified information to Wikileaks.[9]
Coombs is also an adjunct law professor of Trial Advocacy at Roger Williams School of Law in Bristol, Rhode Island.[10] He is also now teaching trial advocacy and criminal law as a reserve Lieutenant Colonel at the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia. [11]