Capt. A. Jay Cristol, USN (Retired)

Capt. A. Jay Cristol, USN (Retired)

Capt. A Jay Cristol, USN (Ret.), JD, PhD, served as a naval aviator in Korea and Vietnam. He wears the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal, and the Navy Achievement Medal, among many other military decorations. After eighteen years as an aviator, he served as a Navy lawyer, followed by twenty-five years practicing civil law. He currently serves as a federal judge and teaches law as an adjunct professor at the University of Miami and was named a Legal Legend by the Historical Society of South Florida in 2011. He his the author of The Liberty Incident Revealed: The Definitive Account of the 1967 Israeli Attack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship.

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