SBAND Seminar Materials 2013 Free Ethics: Echoes of War The Combat Veteran | Page 24

Brockton
 Hunter
 is
 a
 Minneapolis-­? based
 attorney.

 Prior
 to
 becoming
 an
  attorney,
 Brock
 served
 in
 the
 U.S.
  Army
 as
 a
 Recon
 Scout
 and
 now
  represents
 many
 veterans
 who
 find
  themselves
 charged
 with
 criminal
  offenses.

 In
 2008,
 Brock
 drafted
 and
  led
 passage
 of
 Minnesota’s
 Veterans
  Sentencing
 Legislation.

 He
 has
 since
  been
 recognized
 nationally
 for
 his
  work
 on
 behalf
 of
 veterans
 in
 the
  criminal
 courts,
 helping
 to
 brief
 the

  Obama
 Presidential
 Transition
 Team,

  speaking
 before
 leadership
 of
 the
  Department
 of
 Defense
 and
  Department
 of
 Veterans
 Affairs,
 and
  training
 thousands
 of
 judges,
  prosecutors,
 defense
 attorneys
 and
  law
 enforcement
 officers.

 Brock
 is
  also
 the
 lead
 editor
 and
 co-­?author
 of
  the
 forthcoming
 book,
 The
 Attorney’s
  Guide
 to
 Defending
 Veterans
 in
  Criminal
 Court
 –
  www.veteransdefensebook.com
 .

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