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Mr. Daniel Zevitz is the SES Principal Deputy General Counsel for the Department of the Army Office of General Counsel and is currently the Acting General Counsel. He assumed this position on 8 September 2025.

Prior to this role he was the Deputy General Counsel, Litigation and Employment Law, for the Office of the General Counsel, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, VA. In that role he was the chief labor and employment law attorney for the 54 National Guards, and the primary legal advisor to the General Counsel and Chief of the National Guard Bureau (NGB) for all matters in litigation.

He also serves as the drill status Staff Judge Advocate (SJA) to the Headquarters, Florida Air National Guard.

Mr. Zevitz enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1986 and served as a security policeman. He left the U.S. Air Force Reserve in 1994 as a Staff Sergeant.

Mr. Zevitz received a direct commission as an Air National Guard judge advocate in June 2003. He served as the Title 32 Deputy SJA at the 131st Bomb Wing and SJA at the 167th Air Wing. He also deployed as an in lieu of (Army) Rule of Law judge advocate with Multi-National Corps-Iraq. Upon his return from Iraq, he served as the Executive Officer and Deputy Chief of Litigation and Employment Law at NGB-JA, where he authored the NG litigation guidebook. Mr. Zevitz served as ANG-JA Functional Area Manager and the GS-15 civilian legal adviser for over 60,000 NG employees. Finally, he has served as legal adviser to numerous high-level working groups at the services, the Department of War, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2010 to present.

• December 1986 – December 1992, USAF Security Police, 442nd FW, Richards-Gebaur AFB, MO
• June 2003 – January 2006, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 131st BW, Whiteman AFB, MO
• January 2006 – April 2006, Civil Affairs Judge Advocate, USACAPOC, Fort Bragg, NC
• April 2006 – October 2006, Rule of Law Judge Advocate, MNC-I, US Embassy, IZ, Iraq
• February 2007 – August 2010, Litigation Attorney, Office Chief Counsel, NGB, Arlington, VA
• August 2010 – September 2012, Executive Officer, Office Chief Counsel, NGB, Arlington, VA
• January 2011– January 2013, Deputy Chief of Litigation, Office Chief Counsel, NGB, Arlington, VA
• January 2014 – January 2020, Staff Judge Advocate, 167th AW, Martinsburg, WV
• February 2020 – May 2022, Staff Judge Advocate, HQ, Florida Air National Guard
• May 2022 – October 2024, Directorate Judge Advocate, Air National Guard
• October 2024 – September 2025, Deputy General Counsel, Litigation and Employment Law, Office of General Counsel, NGB-GC

• Defense Meritorious Service Medal
• Meritorious Service Medal
• Joint Service Commendation Medal
• Joint Service Commendation Medal
• Air Force Commendation Medal
• Joint Service Achievement Medal
• Air Force Achievement Medal

• Airman 1st Class      5 December 1986
• Senior Airman           6 December 1987
• Sergeant                   21 May 1989
• Staff Sergeant           21 May 1990
• First Lieutenant         21 June 2003
• Captain                     20 October 2004
• Major                        21 November 2008
• Lieutenant Colonel   15 December 2014
• Colonel                     25 March 2021