Army | Major | Domestic Violence | Acquitted | Deliberation Under Five Minutes
Our client, an Army Major, was accused of assaulting his wife. She recanted within hours. The prosecution took it to trial anyway. The trial counsel’s conduct throughout was unprofessional — he repeatedly mispronounced our client’s name, misidentified his rank, and conducted a sarcastic cross-examination of the recanting wife. We took the high road, making proper and timely objections each time. The panel noticed. They acquitted in under five minutes.
Army | E-5 | Article 128 | Assault With Grievous Bodily Harm | Three Months Confinement
Our client was one of several soldiers involved in a post-deployment fight with a civilian guest who had spent the evening mocking and provoking them. One soldier beat the victim with a rock. Our client threw a few body punches. The Army rejected all reasonable plea offers, so we pleaded guilty and took our case to the sentencing panel. The government presented the victim, who appeared to have suffered permanent neurological damage: a pronounced stutter, cognitive impairment, and a limp. We presented our client’s limited role, his character, and his genuine remorse. The panel sentenced him to three months. Hours after trial, we spotted the victim at the airport walking and talking normally, no stutter, no limp. We reported this to the prosecution and the judge. The information was used favorably by co-defendants in related courts-martial.
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.
Army | Company Grade Officer | Domestic Assault | Acquitted | Two Courts-Martial
Our client was accused of domestic assault by his estranged spouse. We got the first general court-martial dismissed on speedy trial grounds, a result that required two Article 32 hearings and aggressive litigation at every stage. The government brought the charges again. Through pretrial motions we excluded the government’s expert testimony and kept out substantial amounts of improper evidence. The panel acquitted on all charges and specifications after less than thirty minutes of deliberation.
Army | Enlisted | Assault on a Commissioned Officer | One Stripe Reduction | Honorable Discharge
Our client, a soldier in Germany, was charged with assaulting a commissioned officer after a night of drinking, along with conspiracy to provide false information to law enforcement, false official statement, and endeavoring to impede an investigation. We fought the allegations at every stage and won an evidentiary ruling that kept significant portions of the government’s case out. Our client was convicted of the assault but sentenced to a single stripe reduction, no confinement, no punitive discharge. He received an Honorable discharge and his VA benefits were secured.
Air Force | Enlisted | Child Abuse | Shaken Baby | No Confinement | No Discharge
Our client, a young airman, was brought to a general court-martial after confessing to shaking his infant son on five occasions. The government offered a pretrial agreement capping confinement at 39 months in exchange for a guilty plea before a judge. We advised him to decline. He pleaded guilty before a military jury instead. Our sentencing case was sympathetic and thorough. The jury returned a sentence with no confinement and no discharge.