William D. Baumgartner

William D. Baumgartner was a United States Coast Guard rear admiral who served as the Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District. He was also the Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel of the United States Coast Guard. In this capacity, he was the Coast Guard’s senior legal advisor and is responsible for all aspects of the service’s legal program.

Rear Admiral William D. Baumgartner
BornCollinsville, Illinois
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch Coast Guard
Years of service1976-2013
Rank
Rear Admiral
Commands heldSeventh Coast Guard District
Judge Advocate General
AwardsLegion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal

A native of Collinsville, Illinois, he is a 1980 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy where he received Bachelor of Science degrees in Marine Engineering and Electrical Engineering. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of New Orleans and a Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School where he also served as an editor on the Harvard Law Review.

Previously, Baumgartner served as Chief, Office of Maritime and International Law, at Coast Guard Headquarters and headed the U.S. delegation to the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organization. He has also served as the Staff Judge Advocate for the Seventh Coast Guard District in Miami, Florida and as the Chief of Staff for Homeland Security Task Force Southeast, an interagency task force charged with planning for and executing Caribbean mass migration deterrence and response operations. Previous legal assignments also include tours at the Eighth Coast Guard District, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Coast Guard Maintenance & Logistics Command Pacific in Alameda, California, and Naval Legal Services Office West in San Francisco, California.

Prior to joining the Coast Guard's legal program, Baumgartner specialized in surface operations and served as the Commanding Officer of USCGC Point Verde and USCGC Penobscot Bay, as a deck officer on USCGC Dependable, and as an operations center controller for the Eighth Coast Guard District where he directed Search and Rescue, law enforcement and other Coast Guard operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

RADM Baumgartner retired from the Coast Guard on June 26, 2013

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Military offices
Preceded by
John E. Crowley		 Judge Advocate General of the United States Coast Guard
2006 – 2010		 Succeeded by
Frederick J. Kenney
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