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Gary Myers is a former JAG officer and one of the most experienced civilian military defense counsel in the country. He attended the University of Delaware where he received his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering in 1965. Gary Myers served as president of his freshman, sophomore and junior classes and went on in his senior year to be president of the student body.
Gary Myers then attended the Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, and graduated in 1968. Gary Myers paid his way through law school by teaching chemistry and physics and coaching soccer at the Harrisburg Academy. Gary Myers was on the editorial board of the Law Review and was published there as well as in the Journal of the Patent Office Society.
Mr. Myers was named the runner-up outstanding oral advocate in the National Moot Court Competition in 1967 held at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. In 1968, his writing on preventive law earned him the award for the most outstanding law review article in the nation in the field of preventative law.
Military Service
Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Myers volunteered during the Vietnam period for service in the Army JAG Corps. He received a direct commission as a captain. Mr. Myers served from 1969 until 1973. He was a defense counsel in the My Lai trials.
Mr. Myers also devoted extensive time to civil rights matters while on active duty in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civil Rights. While a judge advocate he lectured at the Naval Academy on civil rights.
After the Military
Following his military service, Mr. Myers served as an adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center from 1974 to 1977 where he taught administrative law and a clinic devoted to discharge upgrades for service members. The clinic was funded by the Ford Foundation and was the first effort by a law school to assist veterans with discharge upgrades.
In 1977 the people of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, elected Gary Myers to the Virginia House of Delegates.
Since 1973, upon discharge from the Army, Gary Myers has represented members in all services. Gary Myers's work was memorialized in the book, Dangerous Evidence , Ellis Cohen, published by Berkley, 1995, which later became a made-for-television movie.
Gary Myers was defense counsel in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse trials and the Marine Corps Haditha trials. His work in the Abu Ghraib case was memorialized in the book "The Lucifer Effect."
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78 Clark Mill Rd, Weare, NH, 03281-4608
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Posted by anonymous | March 17, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Military Law
Could not have selected a better lawyer to represent me!
Mr. Myers represented me as I requested an appeal to have my GOMOR moved into my restricted file. During our initial consultation he set the conditions up front by being 100% honest with expectations and NEVER misled or gave me false hope....it was going to be a challenge but he would fight for me. I...
Posted by Neil | March 08, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Military Law
exceptional legal counsel
Mr. Myers, represented me for a Board of Inquiry. Mr. Myers went out of his way to accommodate my Board hearing. Mr. Myers was able to get the board to see that my dismissal was not warranted and with his legal expertise the presented my situation to the board and they voted to retain me. I feel w...
Posted by Joe | March 08, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Military Law
Very responsive, well-versed in their field
I hired Mr. Myers and Associates for a matter related to a GOMOR, Board of Inquiry, and referred OER. The military has a number of ways to unfairly penalize and Mr. Myers was there every step of the way to defend me. All I wanted was my side of the story to be heard. Mr. Myers was very responsive, to...
Posted by anonymous | March 08, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Military Law
Professional, Responsive, Effective and Successful
Mr. Myers personally returned my cold call to his office the same day. He spoke with me at length about my administrative military issue, and the approach he would take to resolve it. Mine was not a traditional legal matter, but one which Mr. Myers was confident he could assist in nonetheless, give...
Posted by anonymous | January 26, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Military Law
Experienced, skilled and attentive. The best attorney that I've worked with.
As an active duty Army physician I had the pleasure of being represented by Gary Myers from 2008 to 2015. I hired him to address a highly complex set of circumstances involving multiple issues that were career threatening. All matters were resolved in my favor with the best possible outcomes. I ...
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1973 - Present
Founding Attorney, Gary Myers Daniel Conway and Associates
1974 - 1976
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Univ. Law Center
1969 - 1973
Captain, Army JAG Corps
1986 - Present
Pennsylvania Bar AssociationMember
1972 - Present
District of Columbia BarMember
1968
JD - Juris Doctor
1965
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering