Colonel Daniel Everett ('03): U.S. Army Chief Litigation Counsel Retires

Two years after graduating at the top of his class from Alabama Law, Colonel Daniel J. Everett (2003) argued his first military court-martial felony case. This past July, nearly 20 years after that case, he retired from his position as Chief Litigation Counsel for the United States Army.

In this position, Everett led a team of 28 attorneys and litigation support staff responsible for approximately 600 active civil lawsuits — navigating some of the Army’s most challenging cases including military naturalization screenings, vaccine mandates, and litigation involving the release of agency records surrounding the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Reflecting on his time as a student at Alabama Law, Everett shared, “The skills I learned from faculty such as Professors Bucy (Pierson), Colquitt, and Gamble gave me the skills to begin my litigation career early and walk into court with confidence. The curriculum was set up with a good balance of theory and practice ... this prepared me to excel as an attorney from day one.”

Since his retirement, he has taken a new path — enrolling in the Culinary Institute of America in New York.