About

T.L. Blakely is a courtroom and military veteran.

He served in the U.S. Navy with multiple sea deployments: first aboard the aircraft carrier, USS America, and later aboard the Trident submarine, USS Florida.

He worked as a trial attorney and in 1998 was elected Judge of District Court. He presided over civilian jury and court trial cases in criminal and civil court for over a decade.

In 2011, he left the bench. Former Judge Blakely has served as an officer in the U.S. Army and Navy Reserve with over twenty-eight years active and reserve service and is the recipient of military commendation medals.

Six years after beginning work on his first literary novel, he took the exciting step with Year of The Book Press for the publication of Justícia 2095.  He continues to write short stories and his next novel, Anonymous Privilege.