A Navy Sailor was charged with assaulting a female Senior Chief with the intent to commit rape as she slept in Female CPO Berthing on their ship. Upon apprehension, the Sailor was immediately placed into pre-trial confinement where he remained until trial. After extensive pre-trial negotiations, we secured a pre-trial agreement wherein the Convening Authority agreed to dismiss the charge of assault with the intent to commit rape in return for a plea of guilty to a lesser included offense. At the court-martial, we argued that our client's time spent in pre-trial confinement was unusually harsh and warranted additional pre-trial confinement credit. The military judge agreed with us and awarded 2 for 1 credit for each day our client was confined prior to trial. As a result of the judge’s ruling, our client was released from confinement immediately following his court-martial.

Prior to our involvement and based upon the erroneous advice of a Navy JAG, a Navy Chief with over 17 years of military service entered into a pre-trial diversion agreement (PDA) to resolve civilian charges that he sexually molested a 12-year old girl. Unknown to our client, this PDA qualified as a "Civilian Conviction" under existing Navy regulations and triggered mandatory separation processing. At his subsequent administrative discharge board, we convinced the members that the evidence did not support a finding that he committed the alleged misconduct. Result: Members found that NO MISCONDUCT occurred and our client was RETAINED in the U.S. Navy.

A Navy E-5 was charged with disrespect to a Master Chief. Upon retaining our services, our client took our advice, refused Captain’s Mast and demanded a court-martial. Instead, his command initiated administrative discharge processing. At his subsequent administrative discharge board, we presented an overwhelming case in mitigation of our client’s actions. Result: Our client was RETAINED in the U.S. Navy.

A Navy Master Chief with over 26 years of military service was charged with an unprofessional relationship, sexual harassment, disrespect to a commissioned officer and wrongfully soliciting a subordinate Sailor for sexual intercourse. His command referred his case to a court-martial and our client was facing the possibility of a criminal record, confinement, and the loss of his retirement. After being retained, we conducted an exhaustive investigation into the command climate at our client’s Squadron that revealed a great deal of similar misconduct by other members of the Squadron. We were then able to negotiate an alternate disposition of the charges against our client. As a result of this alternate disposition, our client avoided a criminal record, avoided confinement, and was able to RETIRE as a Master Chief.

A Navy dentist was charged with drug distribution after she improperly prescribed medication to enlisted personnel in her work center. After retaining our services, we were able to secure a resolution to these charges that allowed her to maintain her license to practice dentistry and did not result in a criminal conviction. Instead, our client resigned from the Navy and is still able to practice dentistry as a civilian.

Navy E-5 was charged with attacking 4 security personnel during an interrogation. At the time he retained our services, our client's command had referred his case to a Special Court-Martial, where he faced up to a year in jail, a federal criminal record, and a punitive discharge. After extensive negotiations with his command, we were able to secure a pre-trial agreement wherein our client's case was handled at a Summary Court-Martial, thereby avoiding a federal criminal record. As part of the pre-trial agreement, we also convinced the command to characterize our client's service as General (Under Honorable Conditions). Result: Our client avoided a criminal record, spent not a single day in confinement, and received a General (Under Honorable Conditions) administrative separation from the military.

A retirement-eligible Navy Chief allegedly made a racist comment to a subordinate Sailor. As a result, her command attempted to discharge her, which would have likely resulted in the loss of her retirement. At her discharge board, we presented evidence that the alleged "victim" of the racist comment had a history of filing baseless EO complaints throughout her career. Further, we demonstrated that the command failed to exhaust lesser administrative remedies for the situation. Result: The board voted 3-0 that our client committed NO MISCONDUCT and she was RETAINED in the Navy.

Navy E-6 was court-martialed for severely beating his first wife in 2006 and his second wife in 2007. Based upon the charges, our client was facing up to 30 years of confinement and a Dishonorable Discharge. In addition to securing a favorable pre-trial agreement, we were also able to convince our client’s command to release him from confinement early. RESULT: Our client served only 29 days in jail and received an HONORABLE separation from the U.S. Navy.