LTC Amy E. Nieman
Chief of Strategic Engagements - Office of The Judge Advocate General, National Security Law Division
U.S. Army
Lieutenant Colonel Amy Nieman is an officer in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, currently the Chief of Strategic Engagements for the Office of The Judge Advocate General, National Security Law Division.
Lieutenant Colonel Nieman was commissioned as a Medical Service Corps officer in 2001 upon graduation from the University of Southern California. She deployed numerous times in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom and later earned her J.D. from Campbell University with a specialty in Constitutional Law. As a judge advocate, she deployed again to Operation Enduring Freedom in support of theater detention operations, helping to stand up the Detention Facility in Parwan and the Rule of Law Task Force.
Lieutenant Colonel Nieman has served in a variety of legal capacities, to include as a trial counsel (prosecutor); Special Forces Group Judge Advocate; Branch Chief at the U.S. Army Defense Appellate Division; and Deputy Staff Judge Advocate at the United States Military Academy and West Point. Most recently, she was the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate at U.S. Army Special Operations Command. She holds L.L.Ms from The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School (Criminal Law), and Columbia University (Comparative International Law).
