Washington, DC
Military law Lawyer at Washington, DC
Practice Areas: Military Law, Administrative Law
OUTCOME: Clearance granted
NG member applicant for TS with SCI access. Prior accusations of TDY fraud, but no conviction or Article 15. Assisted prepare response to letter of intent and coach for meeting with investigator. Fo ... r a small fee she got my help and clearance. Can't win everytime, but this was an example of getting advice early and addressing issues early.
OUTCOME: Mixed findings, good sentence
Client housed in Max custody at USDB. Accused as ringleader of himself and 12 others in mutiny, kidnapping, multiple assaults, and damaging property (all of which was on video-tape). After contested ... trial found not guilty of an assault and a kidnapping. Sentenced to five years. Litigation of other issues related to illegal punishments reduced likely sentence by 2 yrs 9 months. The co-accused alleged to have aided start the assaults and mutiny plead guilty to all charges, was sentenced to 15 years, and had that reduced to eight years with a pretrial agreement (plea bargain).
OUTCOME: Clearance granted.
Security clearance case based on prior use of drugs: marijuana, heroin, cocaine. We were able to establish rehabilitated, not future concerns, change in life-style, and several other factors relevant ... to the "whole person."
OUTCOME: Return to duty
Initially the client was accused of using methamphetamines and was pending court-martial. After some investigation the command determined an administrative discharge was the best they could do. Howev ... er, once the command was shown that the drug results were unreliable and they were shown that the Marine was a hard worker and an asset to the unit, the command dropped all adverse actions. This is not a guaranteed result in all cases.
OUTCOME: Reversed on appeal; and charges dismissed.
Client was accused and convicted of rape at trial. I told him not to give up, we'd appeal. Last year the intermediate court said there was error and gave a new sentencing hearing. Today (17 May 2011 ... ), the CAAF appeals court found complete error and reversed his conviction as well as sentence. UPDATE: Today, 28 July 2011, client was released from pending retrial. He was discharged from the naval service administratively; without a conviction and without the requirement to register as a sex offender. He will also he due back pay.
OUTCOME: Uncertain at this time
Cocaine use. Charges withdrawn from court-martial. The client had taken three hair tests, each of which was negative for drugs. This was going to be a costly and difficult case for the prosecution; ... a case which they might well have lost. At this point it is likely the command will still seek administrative separation, but we will be able to contest this. (This is a representative case of others defended.)
OUTCOME: Article 15
From general court-martial to Article 15 after a zealous effort at the Article 32, UCMJ, hearing. The investigating officer agreed with most, not all, of our arguments on the probable cause and suitab ... le disposition
OUTCOME: Not guilty
Client accused of downloading, possessing, and distributing child pornography. (This is a representative case of others defended.)
OUTCOME: Not guilty
Accused of possessing and attempting to sell steroids to two other junior soldiers in Afghanistan, and lying to CID about his involvement. (Art. 80, 107, 112a.) (This is a representative case of oth ... ers defended.)
OUTCOME: Charges dismissed
Accused of rape. After a strong defense case presented at the Article 32, UCMJ, hearing, the charges were dismissed.
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