Biography

Antony Barone Kolenc is an attorney in the United States Air Force, and an adjunct faculty member at Saint Leo University.  He served as a firefighter and intelligence officer prior to completing his law degree at the University of Florida College of Law, and entering the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps in 1999.

Tony has published law-related articles in both professional law journals and magazines.  He is also the author of several published short stories and The Chronicles of Xan trilogy, a historical fiction series for youth.  He speaks and writes on a variety of legal subjects, including the First Amendment, military policy, and homeschooling. A father of one boy and four girls, Tony and his wife, Alisa, have been involved in homeschooling for over a decade. 

As a prosecutor and defense attorney, Tony presented hundreds of written and oral arguments before military courts, as well as the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.  He has also taught law at the U.S. Air Force Academy and litigated employment law cases before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Merit Systems Protection Board.  Recently, he represented the Air Force in a First Amendment challenge to the Air Force Academy's National Prayer Luncheon.

Born and raised in New Jersey, military service has given Tony and his family the opportunity to experience life throughout America, including Texas, Virginia, Florida, California, Colorado, and Georgia.  He currently resides with his family in Maryland.