Tonya Hagmaier

US Bankrtupcy Court, Middle District of Alabama

Ms. Hagmaier is a graduate of Southern Wesleyan University and the University of  Alabama School of Law. She began her military career in 1986 at Maxwell AFB and served as a judge advocate for 28 years. During that time she had 15 duty assignments in the continental United States and the Asia-Pacific region. She served as the director of the JAG Corps’ human resources directorate with responsibility for training, professional development, assignments, and more for 1,200 judge advocates, and she served as the Commandant of the Judge Advocate General’s School providing basic and upgrade training for paralegals and advanced law for lawyers in the military services and throughout the federal government. She was the senior legal advisor to the Air Force Inspector General’s senior official investigations branch, and she served as the senior managing attorney for the four-star commander of Pacific Air Forces, with additional supervisory responsibility for 15 legal offices in 5 countries in the region. She is the only person in the JAG Corps ever to have served as both the director of the Air Force’s criminal proceedings, including prosecution, defense, and government and defense appellate practice, and serve as the director of all civil law activities and litigation for the Air Force. Her last assignment before retiring was Director of Civil Law and Litigation for the Air Force.  She was appointed Chief Deputy Clerk in 2014.