David J.R. Frakt Biography

David J. R. Frakt is a speaker writer media consultant practicing attorney and legal scholar. Frakt is also a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps Reserve.
After earning his JD at Harvard University he clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals before serving with the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps. After a decade on active duty he has served eleven more years in the Air Force Reserves while also practicing and teaching law. Frakt has taught at several law schools including Georgetown Duke and the University of Pittsburgh. From April 2008 to August 2009 Frakt served as lead defense counsel with the office of military commissions representing two detainees at Guantanamo facing war crimes and terrorism charges before the U.S. military commissions.
He was the first defense counsel to win the pretrial dismissal of all charges against his client Mohammed Jawad a juvenile from Afghanistan and also won Mohammed’s release through a habeas corpus petition in federal court. His representation of Jawad earned him an international reputation as a champion of human rights and the rule of law. Frakt was also the sole defense counsel in one of the only two military commission trials completed during President Bush's tenure in office representing Ali Hamza al Bahlul.

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