Chuck Dickey
Chuck Dickey has been a lawyer for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company since 1999. Before joining LMSSC, he was General Counsel for two Lockheed Martin companies in Houston, Texas, involved in the space and environmental remediation businesses. He began his career with Lockheed Martin in Marietta, Georgia, as an attorney for Lockheed Martin’s Aeronautical Systems Company. His practice today focuses primarily on U. S. government contract law and space law. During his career he has advised clients on a wide range of legal topics, including international transactions, commercial contracts, litigation, environmental, employment and intellectual property law. Clients have consistently applauded his “preventative law” approach in helping them successfully achieve strategic objectives, resolve complex business issues, and avoid costly and unnecessary litigation. Chuck is also well recognized for the strong ethical foundation upon which his day-to-day practice is based. Chuck graduated from Emory University with a BA degree, and from Cumberland School of Law. Before joining Lockheed Martin, he was an attorney for the United States Army Missile Command in Huntsville, Alabama, specializing in contract litigation. Chuck is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section on Public Contract Law, and the Forum for Air and Space Law. He is a frequent speaker on various legal topics with the American Bar Association and other organizations involved in government contracting.

Nicholas Welly
Mr. Welly is a first-year student at The University of Mississippi School of Law. Before attending law school he spent seven years in the United States Air Force, serving first as a satellite operator for the NATO III/NATO IV and Skynet IV constellations, later as the executive officer to the commander of the 3rd Space Operations Squadron, and completing his active-duty service as an instructor and curriculum developer for the USAF Space Operations schoolhouse. He continues to serve as a Captain in the Air National Guard. Mr. Welly is a graduate of Air University’s Aerospace Basic Course, where he was recognized as an exceptional performer, and Squadron Office School, where he earned Top 1/3 Graduate and Outstanding Contributor accolades. He was commissioned in 2000 through The Ohio State University ROTC program. Mr. Welly earned his undergraduate degree at Ohio Wesleyan University where he was a four-year member of the varsity swim team, president and recording secretary of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity and president of the Sigma Gamma Epsilon Earth Sciences Honor Society. He completed his Master of Science degree in 2005. His capstone project, presented to the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (COEDIT), proposed an Aerospace Control Center model to operate within the design of the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST) National Airspace System (NAS) Concept of Operations. Next year, Mr. Welly will complete a legal research project entitled Expanding the Use of U.S. Spy Satellites for Domestic Law Enforcement. Sponsored by the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law (NCRSASL) at Ole Miss, the project will explore the legal and policy considerations surrounding the establishment of a National Applications Office within the Department of Homeland Security to facilitate access to national intelligence satellite surveillance data by U.S. law-enforcement officials.

John Wood
John Wood earned a certificate in Air & Space Law from the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law in 2010. After graduation, he joined the group of Center alumni practicing law in Washington, DC. John began his experience at the Center as a volunteer archival assistant with the Andrew G. Haley Archive (Haley is referred to as the world’s first practitioner of Space Law). John furthered his interest in the subject matter by participating in Center opportunities such as serving as a student editor for the Journal of Space Law and as a member of the 2010 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition team. While at the Center, John realized his interest in public service through internships with the FAA and NASA. After law school, John entered the 2010 DOT Honors Attorney Program and is now an attorney for the FAA. John is proud of the Center’s history and looks forward to, as one of many, contributing to the Center’s legacy. He will join us for this broadcast to speak to the Center’s history and his experiences as a student learning Aviation and Space Law through the Center’s many opportunities.