Intellectual property practitioner Art Cody recently returned from a one-year deployment in Afghanistan, where he worked with Afghan officials to implement the Rule of Law in that war-ravaged country. Cody was 52 years old with four children25- and 28-year-old daughters and 13- and 12-year-old sonswhen he became one of the New York lawyers mobilized for Operation Enduring Freedom.
Cody graduated from West Point in 1982 with a degree in aerospace engineering. He joined the Navy Reserve after completing his active-duty commitment, rising to the rank of captain. He worked in the aerospace industry and received a masters degree in systems management at the University of Southern California before obtaining a law degree at Notre Dame.
