Joseph N. Orenstein

Joseph N. Orenstein (LinkedIn) is Senior Counsel at Lexpat Global Services, where he advises on international security cooperation, legal institutional capacity building, and the Law of Armed Conflict. He is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and Judge Advocate with over twenty-eight years of experience.

He served as Brigade Judge Advocate for 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division; as Chief of the Strategic Engagements Branch at the Office of The Judge Advocate General; and as a Future Concepts Officer at The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, where he was a contributing author to the Rule of Law Handbook and to Field Manual 1-04, Legal Support to the Operational Army. He has designed, developed, and executed legal capacity building projects across more than twenty-five countries.

Orenstein holds an LL.M. in Military Law from The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, a J.D. from the New England School of Law, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Rochester.