Nashville Attorney Confirmed As General Counsel for Department of Defense
The Tennessean reports that the U.S. Senate voted 70 to 23 on Thursday to confirm Paul Ney as the general counsel for the Department of Defense.
Ney, of Nashville, has worked for the past two years in the Tennessee attorney general’s office where he currently serves as chief deputy attorney general. In that role, he coordinated and supervised legal work for all of the office’s divisions, writes reporter Michael Collins
As Defense Department general counsel, he will be involved in issues involving personnel, conduct and other matters.
