Sharon Shaffer

Sharon Shaffer served as the Commander, Air Force Legal Operations Agency, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. As the Judge Advocate General's Corps’ only G-Series commander, she was responsible for the command and control of a 900-member organization of legal professionals composed of officers, enlisted members, civilian attorneys, paralegals and support staff, operating at 76 locations worldwide. She was also responsible for assisting The Judge Advocate General in the administration of military justice throughout the Air Force, and defending the Air Force in civil litigation before federal and state courts and administrative boards. She was responsible for training Air Force legal professionals through The Judge Advocate General's School and providing legal information technology support to Air Force legal offices worldwide. Sharon retired from the U.S. Air Force in June 2020 in the rank of Brigadier General after a 30-year career.

In 2003, she was selected as the first Deputy Chief Defense Counsel for the Office of Military Commissions and assigned to represent one of the first four detainees charged in the Global War on Terrorism. Following the military commissions, she served as the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe. She has tried over 150 courts-martial as either trial or defense counsel and presided as a military judge in 160 general and special courts-martial.

She is licensed to practice law before the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan, the United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and the United States Supreme Court.