Lieutenant Commander Tribolet reported aboard the Academy Law Section in July 2010. He specializes in criminal law and procedure. Prior to teaching at the Coast Guard Academy, LCDR Tribolet worked at the Pacific JAG Office in Alameda, California. There he served as trial counsel in courts-martial and assisted the Department of Justice in prosecuting environmental and maritime crimes, including through service as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. LCDR Tribolet also provided legal advice on criminal law enforcement, maritime law, environmental regulation and Coast Guard policy to commands located throughout the Pacific Area operating theater.  

Prior to serving as a judge advocate, LCDR Tribolet was a marine inspector and marine investigator at Marine Safety Office San Francisco Bay. LCDR Tribolet also served as a deck watch officer, boarding officer and First Lieutenant on USCGC Acushnet (WMEC 167), performing counter-drug and fisheries enforcement boardings in the eastern Pacific ocean.  

• Judge Advocate certification, U.S. Naval Justice School, October 2006
• Juris Doctor (JD), University of California, Hastings College of Law, May 2006
• Bachelor of Science, U. S. Coast Guard Academy, May 1997

• Criminal Justice
• Maritime Law Enforcement

• Military awards include two Coast Guard Commendation Medals, two Coast Guard Achievement Medals and a Commandant’s Letter of Commendation

• Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States
• State Bar of California
• American Bar Association
• Maritime Law Association of the United States