UCMJ Lawyers for Army Cases

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Experience Forged During the Global War on Terror

Our Army practice was born in wartime. During the height of the Global War on Terror, we defended soldiers coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan: men and women who had lived through things most people will never see. We were swamped with AWOL, desertion, and down-range incidents, but beneath the surface was something darker. Commands treated allegations as facts. Soldiers who couldn’t redeploy became liabilities, and liabilities needed to be cleared out fast to backfill deployment slots.

We learned the mechanics of war through our clients and the testimony of other soldiers: how IEDs tore through armored vehicles, how soldiers dragged their friends from burning Humvees, how combat medics carried memories no one should have to live with. We had to present those facts to panels because prosecutors wouldn’t. When combat records did come up, commands inverted them: if you had discipline under fire, you must have had control during the alleged misconduct. Heroism became proof of guilt instead of reason for doubt.

We also saw the other side: stolen valor schemes, recruiters taking desperate shortcuts, and sexual-assault prosecutions that landed us in the national media spotlight. Those cases taught us how fragile life becomes once the machinery of command, investigation, and publicity starts mobilizing against a soldier.

Why That History is Relevant

The Global War on Terror is ancient history now, but the institutional patterns aren’t and human nature hasn’t changed. When the next ground war starts, commands will face the same pressure: deployment slots to fill, soldiers who can’t deploy because of pending cases. And soldiers will be in a system that throws Soldiers overboard when they become liabilities.

Those patterns don’t require special knowledge to understand, but they do require having seen them operate in real time. Lawyers who weren’t defending soldiers during GWOT won’t recognize how commands rush judgment under wartime pressure or how prosecutors frame battlefield conduct they’ve never witnessed. They won’t know that heroism gets inverted into proof of guilt: if you functioned under fire, you must have had control during the alleged misconduct.

We defended soldiers throughout those years. We saw commands discard combat records the moment soldiers became inconvenient. We watched prosecutors use Bronze Stars and CIBs as evidence of discipline, then argue discipline proved criminal intent. That experience is relevant because the same dynamics will return

We are not prior Army, and we never claim combat experience that isn’t ours. What we do have is nearly two decades of defending the soldiers who lived it. From the moment we opened our civilian firm in 2006, our docket was filled with cases born from the wars: AWOLs, combat-related misconduct, and post-deployment breakdowns. Our work with soldiers began the day we took off the uniform, not years later.

We entered the Air Force JAG Corps in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and immediately became trial specialists, traveling wherever courts-martial were held. That foundation of hands-on trial work in uniform, followed by twenty years of civilian defense across every branch, drives how we approach every Army case today.

What Army Installations We Actually Serve

Many firms claim to “serve every military installation worldwide.” What that really means is that they copied a directory and turned it into a marketing list. That’s their theoretical clientele. They would go anywhere, and so would we, but they pretend they’ve been everywhere. And that’s a lie.

We don’t do that. The bases below reflect where our clients actually come from: the installations and commands that generate the Army cases we see most often. Each represents the soldiers we’ve defended and the environments we know firsthand, not theoretical “service locations” pulled from a spreadsheet.

Major Combat and Training Posts (Continental U.S.)

Command, Support, and Specialty Installations

Logistics, Research, and Institutional Centers

Overseas and Arctic Commands

It’s true that we’ve represented soldiers from Fort Bragg to Fort Drum, from Hood to Carson, from Riley to Polk, but those names don’t describe geography; they describe eras, units, and people. Each one represents a soldier who trusted us with their story when it felt like no one else was listening.

We’ve seen, too many times to count, how the system turns on its own heroes. Our job is to prevent that from happening.

How We Defend Soldiers Under the UCMJ

Our work begins long before anyone steps into a courtroom. The first mission is to protect our soldiers, give them peace of mind, and regain control from investigators and command. When we enter a case, things calm down. The soldier knows who to talk to, who to avoid, and how to survive the next days, weeks, and months without saying something that can’t be unsaid.

We take over communication with CID, command, and the Office of Special Trial Counsel so the soldier no longer has to face them alone. Every call, text, or order runs through us. We don’t posture or provoke; we establish respect and insist on lawful treatment for our clients. Diplomacy wins more ground than defiance, but both have their moments, and we know when to use each.

OSTC prosecutors measure success in conviction rates. We measure it in the cases that never reach trial. By engaging early, framing the evidence honestly, and speaking the same professional language as the trial counsel, we create room for reason to prevail. Most prosecutors would rather walk away from a weak case than lose a strong one, and we help them see why that’s the smarter play.

If the case does go to trial, we work with forensic experts, digital analysts, and any specialist we need in order to make sure our clients receive the defense they need. Our courtroom presence reflects the same discipline we expect from the soldiers we represent: focused, direct, and credible.

If a guilty verdict comes in after a litigated case or guilty plea, the mission changes but doesn’t end. Sentencing is its own battlefield. It demands empathy, restraint, and command of detail. You can’t beg for mercy. You have to prove why fairness still matters. We draw from service history, character, and circumstance to humanize the soldier and show the panel what the system often forgets: that acts of heroism deserve recognition in times of trouble, not when things are going well.

What It Costs to Hire a Civilian Military Lawyer

Every military defense case is unique, but the economics of hiring a lawyer shouldn’t be a guessing game. The initial phase of representation (investigation, early command contact, damage control, case planning) typically falls between $4,500 and $8,500, depending on the firm you talk to, with most of our cases at $6,500. If the matter proceeds to an Article 32 hearing, fees usually range from $8,000 to $20,000, depending on the firm, with our customary fee at $10,000 to $12,000. Representation at trial varies widely, from $15,000 to $100,000, maybe more. Our trial fee is typically $25,000. Many cases never reach trial; they resolve during the investigation or preliminary hearing, often without travel. The cost of a serious defense is substantial, but the cost of losing is far greater: career, benefits, retirement, bonus, even registry exposure.

We give you two lawyers with over 25 years of court-martial experience each, but it’s the same fee (or less) others will charge for one attorney, who likely has considerably less than 25 years of experience.

When you reach out to our firm, you deal directly with us. No chatbot. No call center. No assistant filtering messages. From the first contact, you’re speaking with the attorneys who will handle your case. We’ve tried hundreds of courts-martial and federal cases between us, and we treat communication as part of the work, not an add-on. We don’t bill you by the minute or track phone calls like invoices.

Our fees are flat because uncertainty has no place in a crisis. You’ll know exactly what each stage costs before we begin. There are no hidden costs, no “surprise” follow-ups, and no sales pitch disguised as empathy. Flat fees let us focus entirely on strategy, preparation, and execution.

We don’t perform for applause. We don’t posture for media attention. Our work is built on the mental, moral, and physical fitness habits that sustain good trial lawyers. When you hire us, you’re not buying access. You’re buying peace of mind and a defense you can trust.

Call 800-319-3134 and talk directly to the lawyers who will stand beside you in court.