Aimee is an experienced attorney focusing on criminal defense, litigation, business and contract law, and military law (specializing in complex investigations).  A retired Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army, Aimee has experience in the courtroom and in combat, working with clients in various areas of the law.

Licensed to practice in Kansas, Texas, federal practice in the District of Kansas, and Military Courts worldwide.

Aimee resides in Leavenworth, Kansas.

EXPERIENCE

U.S. Army Trial Defense Service, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 2018-2021  

• • Senior Defense Counsel (Litigation and Office Management)   
  • Regional Defense Counsel (Managing Partner/Litigation Management)

U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina 2016-2018 

• • Command Judge Advocate (General Counsel)

The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, Virginia 2012-2015

• • Associate Professor, Criminal Law 

10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York/Kandahar, Afghanistan 2008-2011 

• • Chief of Military Justice (Criminal Law Advisor/Litigation Management)
  • Trial Counsel (Prosecutor and In-House Counsel)

EDUCATION 

LL.M., The Judge Advocate General’s School, U.S. Army, 2012 Specialty in Criminal Law

• • The Jacqueline R. Little Award for Excellence in Writing (Best Research Paper)
  • The Judge Paul W. Brosmon Award for Outstanding Achievement in Criminal Law (Highest Academic Standing in Criminal Law)

J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law (summa cum laude), 2008 Certificate in Business Law

• • Graduated #14 of 245; summa cum laude; Order of the Coif
  • CALI Award (highest grade) in 6 classes: Advanced Bankruptcy; Business Analysis  for Lawyers; Evidence; Criminal Justice Clinic; Legal Malpractice; and Legal Practice I
  • Jurisprudence Award (second highest grade) in 4 classes: Banking Law; Corporate  Governance; Guardianship Law; and National Security Law
  • Oralist and Brief Writer, J. Braxton Craven, Jr. Memorial Moot Court Competition, 2007
  • Member, Texas Tech Military Law Students Association, 2005-2008
  • Member and Researcher/Writer, Business and Bankruptcy Association, 2007-2008
  • Participant, National Italian American Foundation Graduates to Leaders Program, 2006

M.S., Troy University, Fort Benning, GA, 2002  Master of Science in the Foundations of Education (concentration in fitness management)

B.S., United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, 2000  History (concentration in Military Art and Science, minor in Nuclear Engineering)

• • Dean’s List: All 8 semesters
  • Superintendent’s Award (for overall achievement in academic, physical, and military curriculums), May 2000
  • Catholic Choir, 1996-1997
  • Women’s Basketball, 1996-1999

BAR ASSOCIATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 

• • State Bar of Kansas (since June 2021)
  • State Bar of Texas (since November 2008) 
  • Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (since July 2013) 
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (member since 2019) 
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars (lifetime member since 2019) 
  • Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society (inducted May 2000)
  • Phi Kappa Phi, Interdisciplinary Honor Society (inducted May 2008)

ADDITIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

• • Scholar, George W. Bush Institute’s Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program, 2021
  • American Bar Association’s Outstanding Young Military Lawyer Award, U.S. Army, 2013.
  • Military Awards include: Legion of Merit; Bronze Star (2); Meritorious Service Medal (3); Army Commendation Medal; Army Achievement Medal; Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS 

• • Podcast: “Mental Resiliency During Career Progression: A Conversation with LTC Aimee M. Bateman, USA (Retired),” After the JAG Corps: Navigating Your Career Progression, published March 2022.
  • “People First, Including You: The Importance of Self-Care,” The Army Lawyer, Issue 6, 2019 (Dec.  2019). 
  • Co-presenter: “Talking Trash: Retaliation Against Victims of Sexually-Based Offenses Within the  Military,” Aug. 31, 2017, Webinar for Battered Women’s Justice Project. 
  • “What is Life Worth in the United States Army Military Justice System?,” Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium: The Ethics of Humanitarian Military Operations and Intervention Symposium Report,  Chapter 2 (2017). 
  • Witness/Presenter, “Article 120 from a Training Perspective,” U.S. Department of Defense Judicial Proceedings Panel, Judicial Proceedings Subcommittee, May 7, 2015. 
  • Keynote Speaker: A Tribute to Our Women Military Veterans, hosted by the Eastern District of New  York Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, May 14, 2015. 
  • “A Military Practitioner’s Guide to the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act in Contingency  Operations,” The Army Lawyer, Dec. 2012. 
  • “‘Defending Those Who Defend America’”: Avoiding Conflicts of Interest in Order to Provide an  Ethical and Effective Defense,” The Army Lawyer, Aug. 2009.