Former Judge Advocate General for U.S. Army Joins Shook

Shook, Hardy & Bacon is pleased to announce that Lieutenant General (retired) Stuart Risch has joined the firm as partner in the Business Litigation Practice in Washington, D.C. During his recent tenure as The Judge Advocate General for the U.S. Army, Risch led the activities of the JAG Corps’ nearly 10,000 attorneys, paralegals and support staff worldwide, in addition to acting as the senior military legal advisor to the civilian Secretary of the Army and the Four-Star Chief of Staff of the Army. Among other duties, he oversaw the defense of the Army’s interests in hundreds of lawsuits, operated the Department of Defense’s only American Bar Association-accredited law school, and established and implemented both an Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) as well as a holistic wellness program.