Program Information State Senator Thomas J. Umberg is the Chair of the Senate\u2019s Judiciary Committee. He is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, former federal criminal prosecutor, four-term state legislator, small business owner, and was the Deputy Drug Czar for President Clinton.\r\n\r\nSenator Umberg began his military service at the Korean DMZ and was deployed overseas for three tours \u2013 totaling over five years. In addition to his overseas deployments, Colonel Umberg was assigned as a paratrooper with the Army Special Operations Command and the XVIII Airborne Corps.\r\n\r\nAs a federal and military prosecutor, Senator Umberg prosecuted numerous white collar, civil rights, murder, and sexual assault crimes. He successfully tried over 100 cases to verdict or judgment.