Daryl Witherspoon, former deputy general counsel at the Defense Department Education Activity, has been named general counsel of the Defense Contract Audit Agency at Fort Belvoir.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced the Senior Executive Service assignment in a notice published Wednesday.
Witherspoon previously held various roles at multiple organizations under DoD, including the National Guard Office of Chief Counsel, Army Litigation Division, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan, Fort McPherson, Army Central Command and Army Procurement Fraud Division.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and a doctor of jurisprudence degree from the Valparaiso University School of Law.