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Supervisory Appeals Officer, USDA National Appeals Division

Jeffrey P. Wilcox


Mr. Jeffrey Wilcox joined the National Appeals Division (NAD) in May 2020 as the Supervisory Appeals Officer. 

Mr. Wilcox began his professional career in 1983 as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy.  Departing the Navy in 1988 to attend law school. He subsequently joined the U.S. Air Force where he served for 25 years as a Judge Advocate, retiring in 2017 in the grade of Colonel.  While in military service, Mr. Wilcox deployed overseas and served in various locations worldwide, to include the Republic of Turkey, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, Hawaii and the Pentagon during the 9/11 attacks.  In his final Air Force assignment, he served as the Vice Commander and Interim Commander for the Air Force Legal Operations Agency, a 900-member organization charged with conducting the Air Force’s civil and criminal litigation functions.  After retiring from the Air Force in late 2017, Mr. Wilcox served as a supervisory attorney with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, before joining NAD.  

Mr. Wilcox earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1983, a Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1991, and a Master of Science Degree from The Eisenhower School for National Security And Resource Strategy in 2008. 

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