WILLIAM J. WILLIFORD

Will is a native son of Kentucky – born in Louisville-Jefferson county but raised and hailing from Wax, Grayson county – and started his legal career working as attorney Mike Breen and judge Kerry Morgan's law clerk at the age of 18 immediately after high school. (L) Attorney William Williford as (R) Attorney Mike Breen's law clerk (Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2006) (L) Attorney Mike Breen and (R) Attorney William Williford as law partners (Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2023) He later joined the United States Army, serving in the Judge Advocate General's Corps as a non-commissioned officer (Staff Sergeant / E-6) for two enlistments; was a paratrooper in the 82d Airborne Division, Joint Special Operations Command, and 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne); and deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) where he was awarded the combat action badge. While in uniform, he was also awarded the North Atlantic Treaty Organization International Security Assistance Force Medal Ribbon (NATO ISAF), the Overseas Service Ribbon, the Army Service Ribbon, the Army Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Ribbon, Afghanistan Campaign Ribbon with bronze star device, the National Defense Service Ribbon, the Army Good Conduct Medal with two knot device, the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with double bronze oak leaf cluster, the Joint Service Commendation Medal Ribbon, parachutist badge, Chilean foreign parachutist wings, and the Army Meritorious Unit Citation with double bronze oak leaf cluster.