Jeff Cleghorn
 Mr.
Cleghorn is a Partner with the Atlanta law firm of Kitchens
New, LLC, located in Buckhead. His practice consists
primarily of General Civil Litigation, Family Law (Divorce,
Custody Disputes, Modifications), Domestic Partnership
Agreements and Disputes, Contracts, Employment Discrimination,
and Wills & Estate Planning.
Jeffery M. Cleghorn is a 1984 distinguished military
graduate of North Georgia
College in Dahlonega, where he received a B.A. in Political
Science. After graduation, he received a commission
as an Officer in the Army's Military Intelligence Corps.
His military career included overseas assignments in
South Korea and Germany, and stateside assignments in
Arizona and South Carolina. Mr. Cleghorn spent his final
years in the
Army working in Washington, D.C. for the Defense Intelligence
Agency at the Pentagon, on the Joint Staff (Directorate
for Intelligence). His military awards include the Defense
Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Staff Commendation
Medal, and the Parachutists Badge.
Upon obtaining the rank of Major, Mr. Cleghorn left
the Army in 1996 and enrolled in law school at The George
Washington University, in Washington, D.C. In 1999,
he began his legal career as a Staff Attorney with the
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, in Washington
, D.C., where he represented military personnel in matters
pertaining to the
Uniform Code of Military Justice, and the Defense Department's
administrative and personnel policies. Mr. Cleghorn's
advocacy on behalf of service members included Congressional
lobbying and liaison to senior Pentagon decision-makers.
He has appeared as a military and legal analyst on CNN,
C-SPAN , FOX News' The O'Reilly Factor, MSNBC's "Buchanan
and Press,” and CNNfn. He has written opinion
pieces for the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Army Times, The Marine
Corps Times, The Navy Times, and the Air Force Times.
A native of Griffin, Georgia , Mr. Cleghorn returned
to the state in 2003 to enter private practice. He is
a member of the Georgia Bar Association, the District
of Columbia Bar Association, the Board of Directors
of AID Atlanta, the Board of Directors of the Stonewall
Bar Association, the Board of Directors of Actors Express
Theatre, the
American Legion, the Military Officers Association of
America, Georgia Equality, the Human Rights Campaign
and Saint Mark United Methodist Church.
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