Since 2003, Thomas Wingfield has been a Fellow with the Potomac Institute, advising on legal aspects of various national security issues. Mr. Wingfield is a Lecturer in Law at Columbus Law School (Catholic University of America) in Washington, DC, and a former Chair of the American Bar Association’s Committee on International Criminal Law. He has lectured widely and written extensively on cyber conflict, tyranny and democracy, and lawful uses of force in the war on terror. He is the author of the legal text, The Law of Information Conflict: National Security Law in Cyberspace.

Beginning his career as a naval officer, he served as Squadron Intelligence Officer with an F/A-18 strike fighter squadron aboard USS Midway, as a HUMINT Desk Officer within the Office of Naval Intelligence, and as Intelligence Liaison Officer at the Center for Naval Analyses.

Following his naval service, he took a position with ManTech Corporation and advised military and intelligence community clients in the areas of treaty compliance, use of force in cyberspace, and space law.

Mr. Wingfield is an international lawyer with a specialty in national security law. He holds a B.A. in History and Russian Language (summa cum laude) from Georgia State University, a Doctor of Laws (J.D.) and Master of Laws (LL.M., with distinction, International and Comparative Law) from the Georgetown University Law Center, and is pursuing his second doctorate, a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D., National Security Law) at the Law School of the University of Virginia.