Chief Judge Stephen R. Henley is the Chief Administrative Law Judge for the United States Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. Before assuming his current position on October 18, 2015, he was the Associate Chief Administrative Law Judge for Longshore and a line Administrative Law Judge in the Office of Administrative Law Judges, U.S. Department of Labor. Before joining the Department of Labor in May 2012, he was an Administrative Law Judge with the Social Security Administration in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Prior to his appointment as an Administrative Law Judge in August 2011, Judge Henley served nearly 30 years in the United States Army, from which he retired in 2011 after 5 ½ years as Chief Trial Judge of the Trial Judiciary, the longest serving Army Chief Trial Judge. Judge Henley served more than thirteen years as a military trial judge presiding over criminal cases around the globe, ranging from capital murder, rape and robbery to drug distribution, desertion and fraud, including courts-martial in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, and Kosovo and military commissions convened in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Judge Henley is a graduate of Providence College, Duke University, The George Washington University and The Judge Advocate General’s School. He formerly served as an Adjunct Professor at The George Washington University Law School and was the recipient of the 2011 Judge Advocates Foundation MG William K. Suter Distinguished Judicial Service Award. Judge Henley currently serves as a member of the D.C. Bar Committee on Admissions.