You’re facing a court-martial or a separation board, and the military is going to give you a lawyer for free. So why would you spend money, money that might be hard to come by, on a civilian military defense lawyer? It’s a fair question. The answer has nothing to do with whether JAG defense counsel are good or bad. Some of them are excellent. The answer is in the structure of the system itself, and what that structure can’t give you no matter who’s assigned to your case. Differences Between Civilian Military Defense Lawyers and JAG Defense Counsel In the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, you probably won’t get a JAG defense counsel until you receive court-martial charges or notification of a separation […]

Our Flat-Fee Philosophy: Why Your Defense Deserves Financial Clarity When your career, your name, and your freedom are at risk, you need the best defense you can get. If you can hire a civilian military lawyer, cost is a key factor and you deserve to know it before you call. Hourly billing punishes the people who can least afford it and pays the lawyer more for taking longer to do the same work. A flat fee paid by the stage of the case lets the lawyer focus on the work instead of tracking time. Cases move through predictable stages, and the fee for each stage should be set in advance. Gagne, Scherer & Associates is transparent about what it costs to hire our former JAGs […]