Meet Stephen

Stephen Valentine served in the active U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Reserves. He is decorated combat veteran with service in Iraq and in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  Stephen is a graduate of Morehouse College with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science cum laude and he went on to earn his Master of Social Work degree from the University of Pennsylvania where he was awarded the Samuel Sylvester Award for outstanding achievement and leadership.

He received his Juris Doctorate degree from the NC Central University School of law after being awarded the Bronze Star Medal for service during Operation Iraqi Freedom. During his military career he attended the Army Medical Department Officer Basic and Advance Course at the Army Medical Department Center and School in San Antonio, Texas, where he was on the Commandant’s list and the recipient of the Colonel Richard Lynch Leadership Award.

Later he attended the Army Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course at the Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School located at the University of Virginia, where he was awarded the Judge Advocate General’s Leadership Award.

Stephen is a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia, The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and The United States Supreme Court.

Stephen is a former Presidential Management Fellow with the United States Department of State in the Political Military Bureau and he served as a detailed Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the US Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia. He also served on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa with assignment to the office of Congressman Donald Payne (NJ-10).

Presently Stephen serves as the Director and Supervising Attorney of the Veterans Law Clinic at the NC Central University School of Law.  He has also taught in the undergraduate and graduate division in the Department of Social Work at NC Central University.

He is married to Valarie A. Valentine and they have three children.