Joel R. Alvarey

Title
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Email
Department
Department of Aeronautics
College
College of Aviation

Office Hours

8 a.m. to 7 p.m. (ET), Mon thru Sun.

Areas of Expertise

Administrative Law, Labor Law, Aviation Law, Government Contracts

EDUCATION: 

B.S., United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
M.S., National Resource Strategy, National Defense University, Fort McNair
Juris Doctor, Fordham Law School, New York City, NY

BACKGROUND: From Sioux City, Iowa, after graduating from high school I attended the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Upon graduation, I attended the United States Army's Airborne and Ranger Schools.

JOBS: I recently retired from my position in the Office of the Chief Counsel, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC, where I provided advice and counsel on personnel and labor matters, ethics, and government contracts. I have represented the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Army before numerous administrative hearings such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Office of the Special Counsel, and the Government Accountability Office Board of Contract Appeals. I recently served as a member of the management negotiation team during the negotiations of a collective bargaining agreement.

MILITARY EXPERIENCE: I was initially commissioned as an Air Defense Artillery officer with tours in Germany and Vietnam. The Army sent me to law school, after which I transferred branches to the Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps. My Judge Advocate General Corps assignments included defense counsel; prosecutor; Staff Judge Advocate, 1st Armored Division; and instructor at the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

FAMILY: I've two sons and a daughter, one dog (Carolina Dog (CD)), and one wife. We presently live in Castle Pines, CO.




  • J.D. - Juris Doctor (Doctor of Jurisprudence) in Law, Fordham University
  • ASCI 404: Applications in Avia&Aero Law
  • ASCI 254: Aviation Legislation

ASCI 254 Aviation Legislation

ASCI 404 Application in Avia & Aero Law

MGMT 324 Aviation Labor Relations

BUSW 390 Business Law

Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army.

Legal Counsel for Commercial and Administrative Law.  U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization Service, Department of Homeland Security. 

Adjunct Professor, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Troy University, Webster University.

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