Every case listed here was handled by our firm. We do not publish client names, and some details are generalized to protect confidentiality. What we can show is the common result when our firm gets involved: the charges our clients faced, what was at stake, what we did, and how it ended.
These results reflect a representative sample drawn from two decades of courts-martial, administrative boards, and other cases across every branch of service. They are not all acquittals. Some of the best outcomes we have achieved involved keeping a case from ever reaching trial, negotiating a resolution that preserved a career or retirement, or limiting damage after a conviction. Results depend on the facts of each case, the quality of the government’s evidence, and the work that goes into preparation. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Sexual Assault and Related Allegations (Articles 117, 120)
Article 120 cases are the most consequential in military justice. Congress has made them a priority, command and OSTC feel institutional pressure to prosecute, and the accused is often treated as guilty from the moment an allegation is made. A conviction means mandatory sex offender registration, potential years in prison, and the end of a military career. Even an acquittal might not rehabilitate a reputation. These are the cases we handle most, and the ones where preparation and experience make the greatest difference.
Space Force E-4 | Three complainants | Conviction set aside | No sex offender registration.
Our client pleaded guilty to multiple Article 120 offenses. We negotiated a pretrial agreement capping confinement and securing a bad conduct discharge rather than a dishonorable. After sentencing, it was discovered that the courtroom recording equipment malfunctioned and no verbatim record existed. When the government asked us to help reconstruct the hearing, we declined. The Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals set aside the conviction. We had our client removed from the sex offender registry. OSTC spent months proposing deals that would have preserved the registry requirement. We declined each one. The case was resolved with a plea to simple assault and a minor BAH fraud charge. Time served. No sex offense conviction. No sex offender registration.
Navy E-4 | Pretext operation | Investigation dropped | No UCMJ action.
Our client hired us before NCIS made contact. We gave him a survival plan and coached him through every interaction. When the complainant followed up by text, we identified the messages as a pretext operation scripted by NCIS and wrote his replies to expose and frustrate the script. The texts stopped. The investigation was dropped.
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CSAM (Article 134)
Child sexual abuse material cases are driven by digital forensics, and the outcome usually turns on whether the defense can challenge the government’s forensic methodology, the legality of the search, or the intent element. We have handled CSAM cases involving every branch and every investigative agency, including NCIS, OSI, CID, CGIS, and DCIS.
Army E-4 | All evidence suppressed at trial | No UCMJ action | No sex offender registration.
The evidence of guilt was substantial and multiple law enforcement agencies were involved, including foreign authorities. We identified early that the prosecution had built its case around an expected guilty plea and hadn’t done the work to get its evidence admitted at trial. Through timely objections we kept everything out. As the prosecution’s case collapsed, they offered deals of descending severity. Our client accepted an administrative discharge. No conviction. No reprimand. No sex offender registration.
Army E-4 | Confession obtained | Acquitted | No sex offender registration.
CID obtained a confession during the search and seizure. The prosecution refused a reasonable plea deal, so we went to trial. We kept the evidence out through timely objections, then established that the government’s expert witness had never actually reviewed the contraband; he had taken trial counsel’s and CID’s word for what was on the disks. We objected. The court agreed. Acquitted.
Violent Crimes (Articles 128, 128b)
Domestic violence, child abuse, assault, and homicide cases carry consequences beyond sentencing: loss of firearms rights, mandatory reporting to civilian databases, and career-ending administrative action even after acquittal. Many of these cases involve mandatory arrest policies and investigations that begin with a conclusion.
Army Major | Domestic violence | Acquitted | Deliberation under five minutes.
Our client’s wife recanted within hours. The prosecution took it to trial anyway. The trial counsel repeatedly mispronounced our client’s name, misidentified his rank, and conducted a sarcastic cross-examination of the recanting wife. We made proper and timely objections throughout. The panel acquitted in under five minutes.
Air Force | NCO | Child Abuse | Acquitted | Career Saved
Our client, an Air Force NCO, was charged with battery of a child. We analyzed the child’s social worker interview and exposed the biases and methodological flaws running through the investigation. Full acquittal. Career saved.
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Conduct Unbecoming and Officer Misconduct (Article 133)
Article 133 charges, conduct unbecoming an officer, are inherently subjective, which makes them both dangerous and defensible. They are used against officers when the government wants to prosecute conduct that doesn’t fit neatly into a specific punitive article, or when the goal is career destruction rather than incarceration. Early intervention is almost always the decisive factor.
Navy Rear Admiral | Fraternization | Adultery | Fraud | Oral counseling | No career impact.
Our client came to us with a plan to orchestrate a false account for NCIS. We talked him out of it. We coached him through a command investigation, an NCIS investigation, and trial counsel involvement, navigating each stage carefully and ethically. The case was resolved with an off-the-record oral counseling. No formal action. No impact on his mission or career.
Marine Corps | Second Lieutenant | Article 133 | Investigation dropped | Career preserved.
Our client became the subject of investigative interest after entering into a relationship with an O-6. We immediately had her invoke her rights and refused to cooperate absent full immunity. NCIS, JAG, OSTC, the DOD IG, and the local IG all took turns trying to get her to talk. We held fast every time. The investigation was dropped. She is thriving in the operational Corps.
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Drugs (Article 112a)
Drug cases in the military usually start with a positive urinalysis, and the government treats the lab result as a foregone conclusion. It is not. Collection procedures, chain of custody, lab personnel qualifications, and testing methodology are all areas ripe for attack. In cases involving distribution or use allegations beyond urinalysis, the evidentiary threats multiply.
Air Force E-4 | Cocaine | In-court identification lineup | Acquitted | Judge praised defense on the record.
We attacked historical and recent lab errors, secured character testimony from a chief master sergeant, and demanded an in-court identification lineup when the urinalysis observer claimed he remembered our client behaving strangely during the test. The observer could not accurately identify our client. His testimony was suppressed. Acquitted. The military judge addressed our client from the bench and praised the defense work on the record.
Army NCO | Cocaine | Police lied | Charges dropped the night before trial.
Our client, an NCO with a spotless record, was seized at gunpoint during a drug raid. Military police obtained a warrant and the urinalysis came back positive. Our investigation established that the officers had lied in their reports. The government dropped all charges the evening before trial rather than face our pretrial motions. Our challenge to law enforcement conduct triggered a separate police investigation.
Fraud and Financial Crimes (Articles 107, 121, 132)
Military fraud cases often involve travel vouchers, housing allowances, benefits claims, or government purchase card misuse. The dollar amounts can be large, but the intent element is always in play. Many of these cases involve administrative errors, unclear regulations, or systems that practically invite mistakes, and the difference between a billing dispute and a federal fraud conviction comes down to whether the government can prove you intended to steal.
Marine Corps NCO | Travel voucher fraud | Adultery | Cohabitation | Acquitted on all charges.
The government called it a slam-dunk. They had witnesses and documents they said proved guilt beyond doubt. The adultery charge was dropped before trial. We convinced the judge to dismiss the cohabitation charge and one fraud count. The panel acquitted on everything that remained. Career, rank, and pay saved.
Air Force NCO | 19 years | Eight fraud counts | No jail | No discharge | Retirement saved.
Our client was two months from retirement when he was charged with eight counts of fraud and solicitation to commit fraud. We won acquittals on three counts, demonstrated that the government’s evidence bore little resemblance to its opening statement, and held the sentencing to a three-grade reduction with no jail and no discharge. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement pay saved.