Jonathan has been practicing law since 2007, with legal and leadership experience around the globe on complex matters of law, policy, and regulation.
Jonathan attended Texas State University on a football scholarship graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History in 2004, cum laude and subsequently earned his law degree in 2007 from Loyola College of Law-New Orleans.
After graduation from law school, Jonathan was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. (JAGC). As a uniformed attorney in the Navy JAGC, Jonathan gained a wide range of legal and leadership experience. As a JAG, Jonathan was the trial attorney responsible for the prosecution of misdemeanor and felony level crimes under the Uniform Code of Military Justice; supported combat operations for II Marine Expeditionary Force in Al Anbar, Iraq, and was legal counsel to the East Coast based Navy SEAL teams based in Little Creek, Virginia, deploying as part of a Special Operations Task Force in Afghanistan to enable complex counter-insurgency operations, was the uniformed legal counsel to the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, otherwise known as the Blue Angels, and completed his active duty service assigned to Special Operations Command Central in Tampa Florida.
Jonathan resigned his active-duty commission in 2020. As a recognized expert in international law, cyber law, and intelligence law, he continues to serve as a Commander in the Naval Reserves, assigned to a National Security Law unit responsible for the full range of integrated national security law and policy analysis for military activities worldwide. Prior to joining Childers Law, Hullihan practiced law at a Houston based commercial litigation firm responsible for the full scope of legal client services for complex civil litigation.
Jonathan has been happily married for 14 years with three children. Jonathan enjoys being involved in his children’s activities, taking his family to theme parks, museums, and hunting and fishing.
Jonathan is licensed in Texas and New Mexico, is a member of the Montgomery County Bar Association, The Woodlands Bar Association, the Federalist Society Houston Lawyers Chapter, and is a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 4709.