Candidate recommended as dean of Washburn University School of Law
TOPEKA -- The Washburn University Board of Regents on Jan. 26 confirmed the appointment of Thomas J. Romig, Major General, US Army, retired, as dean of Washburn University School of Law, effective July 1.
A native of Manhattan, Kan., Romig has served since 2005 as deputy chief counsel for operations for the Federal Aviation Administration. In this key executive position within the FAA legal department, he supervised nine multi-disciplinary regional counsel offices and the Aeronautical Center Counsel Office and was responsible for airport and environmental matters and personnel and labor law functions.
Prior to joining the FAA, Romig served four years as the 36th Judge Advocate General of the Army. He led and supervised an organization of more than 9,000 personnel comprised of 5,000 active and reserve military and civilian attorneys and more than 4,000 paralegal and support personnel spread throughout 328 separate offices in 22 countries. He oversaw a world-wide legal practice including civil and criminal litigation, international law, administrative law, labor and employment law, environmental law, claims and ethics compliance.
Romig's other military positions included Chief of Army Civil Law and Litigation and Chief of Military Law and Operations both in Washington, D.C. His military legal assignments included Chief of Planning for the JAG Corps: Chief Legal Officer for Army Air Defense forces in Europe; and Chief Legal Officer for US Army V Corps and US Army forces in the Balkans; and prosecuting felony and misdemeanor criminal cases; and teaching international law at the Judge Advocate General’s School, Charlottesville, Va.
He received a bachelor of science degree in social sciences from Kansas State University and was commissioned through the Army ROTC program. While serving as a military intelligence officer, he was selected for the Army Fully Funded Law School program and graduated from the Santa Clara University School of Law in 1980.
Posted January 29, 2007
