James Dockery, JD, LLM

James Dockery, JD, LLM, is Chief Compliance Officer of Alice L. Walton School of Medicine. In this role, he is responsible for the development, implementation, and management of effective compliance, privacy, and Title IX programs for the School.

Prior to joining the School, Dockery held several key positions with the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) including the Director of Accessibility and a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion lead. In 2020, he was selected to represent USAA on a three-year rotation assignment as a CEO Action for Racial Equality Fellow. He previously served as Assistant Vice President for Institutional Equity & Compliance at the University of Texas at Dallas, Interim Chief Human Resources Officer at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina, and Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources at North Carolina Central University (NCCU).

During his 23-year tenure as a member of the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, Dockery served as a Staff Judge Advocate, a prosecutor, defense attorney, and an instructor at the Air Force Judge Advocate General School. He received numerous awards and decorations including three meritorious service medals, two Air Force Commendation Medals, National Defense Service Medal, Outstanding Unit Award, The Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Air Force Achievement Medal.

Dockery earned his bachelor’s at NCCU, his juris doctorate at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his LLM in Privacy and Cybersecurity at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Dockery received the Presidential Citation for Leadership Award from the State Bar of Texas. As a member of the American Bar Association, he has held presidential appointments on several councils and committees, including the Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice and the Standing Committee on Law and National Security. He currently serves on the board of Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Arkansas and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.