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26 January 2018 - Mr. Conway represented a Sailor at the Navy Yard accused of aggravated sexual assault under Article 120, UCMJ. After a 5 day trial, the Sailor was found NOT GUILTY.
23 January 2018-Mr. Galli represented a Navy Senior Chief with over 13 years of service. Mr. Galli’s successful appeal through PERS resulted in both the Nonjudicial Punishment and the underlying Letter of Reprimand being set aside and entirely removed from the Senior Chief’s official military record.
10 January 2018 - Mr. Conway represented an Airman charged with two specifications of sexual assault on a child under 16. The Airman confessed to the allegations. We were able to negotiate a plea to one specification of assault consummated by battery. The Airman received 4 months confinement and a BCD.
28 December 2017 - Mr. Conway represented a Vietnam War era Marine with a Purple Heart who was separated with an Undesirable discharge. Mr. Conway was able to obtain an upgrade to a General Discharge for the Marine.
26 December 2017 - Mr. Conway received notification that a Sailor separated for multiple marijuana positive drug tests had his discharge upgraded to a general discharge.
22 December 2017 - Through the BCNR, Mr. Pristera won retroactive promotion from E5 to E7 with two years backpay and allowances for a Sailor improperly denied a high year tenure extension.
20 December 2017 - Mr. Pristera won US v. Hale before the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. USCA Dkt. No. 17-0537/MC, Crim. App. No. 201600015. The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces affirmed the lower courts decision. Blog to follow.
15 December 2017 - Mr. Conway represented a Marine in Okinawa accused of 5 specifications of hazing, 5 specifications of maltreatment, 4 specifications of assault, and 1 specification of destruction of military property. The most serious allegations included misuse of a taser on subordinates. Mr. Conway negotiated a deal dismissing the maltreatment allegations and reducing the destruction of property allegation to a value under $500.00. The Marine received a 6 month sentence and discharge. Forfeitures of pay and allowances were deferred.
13 December 2017 - Mr. Myers successfully appealed adverse information included in a Navy Commander's Official Military Personnel File through Navy PERS. Removal of the adverse information resulted in the termination of a Board of Inquiry.
6 December 2017 - Mr. Myers was successful in obtaining a change in a DD 214 reason for separation from “personality disorder” to “Secretarial Authority” before the Air Force Discharge Review Board.
5 December 2017 - A Navy grade determination board retained Mr. Myers, Navy Officer client in the grade of 0-5 (CDR) despite allegations of misconduct.
4 December 2017 - Mr. Conway represented a Soldier accused of manslaughter and drug use. The manslaughter charge involved a horrific auto accident. Using accident reconstruction engineers, we successfully mitigated the case and the Soldier received a 6 month sentence.
21 November 2017 - Mr. Conway represented a private at Kaiserslautern, Germany accused of an indecent act, multiple instances of drug use, drug distribution, wrongful introduction of a drug onto a military installation, and multiple violations of lawful orders. We negotiated a deal that resulted in some charges being dismissed. The Soldier was in pretrial confinement. It was basically a time served deal. The judge did not impose a punitive discharge during the guilty plea.
17 November 2017 - Mr. Conway represented a Staff Sergeant in Vincenza, Italy accused of two specifications of Abusive Sexual Contact, one spec of assault, one spec of maltreatment, and one spec of attempting to have an improper relationship. After an enlisted trial, the Staff Sergeant was found not guilty of all charges and specifications.
9 November 2017 - Mr. Pristera represented a Navy Senior Chief with over 16 years service. He tested positive with over 800 ng/ml of cocaine. The board voted to separate him with an Honorable discharge.
15 October 2017 - Mr. Pristera represented an Army Reserve Colonel through multiple investigations, over the course of more than a year, into travel fraud, government travel card misuse, and DTS fraud. After a tremendous effort, the client has been exonerated of all accusations and will retire with his rank. There were two separate AR 15-6 (administrative) investigations, both with a senior colonel as the investigating officer, and both resulting in findings of misconduct. (the second investigation was initiated after the first was disapproved by the CG). After the reports were referred to the client for rebuttal, Mr. Pristera successfully rebutted both investigations. Both were closed and the findings were disapproved by the CG.
13 October 2017 - Mr. Conway represented a Marine lance corporal accused of 11 specifications of hazing, maltreatment, assault, obstruction of justice, and communicating a threat. After a vigorous representation, he was found not guilty of all charges and specifications. The case was covered by the Marine Corps Times here and here.
23 January 2018-Mr. Galli represented a Navy Senior Chief with over 13 years of service. Mr. Galli’s successful appeal through PERS resulted in both the Nonjudicial Punishment and the underlying Letter of Reprimand being set aside and entirely removed from the Senior Chief’s official military record.
10 January 2018 - Mr. Conway represented an Airman charged with two specifications of sexual assault on a child under 16. The Airman confessed to the allegations. We were able to negotiate a plea to one specification of assault consummated by battery. The Airman received 4 months confinement and a BCD.
28 December 2017 - Mr. Conway represented a Vietnam War era Marine with a Purple Heart who was separated with an Undesirable discharge. Mr. Conway was able to obtain an upgrade to a General Discharge for the Marine.
26 December 2017 - Mr. Conway received notification that a Sailor separated for multiple marijuana positive drug tests had his discharge upgraded to a general discharge.
22 December 2017 - Through the BCNR, Mr. Pristera won retroactive promotion from E5 to E7 with two years backpay and allowances for a Sailor improperly denied a high year tenure extension.
20 December 2017 - Mr. Pristera won US v. Hale before the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. USCA Dkt. No. 17-0537/MC, Crim. App. No. 201600015. The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces affirmed the lower courts decision. Blog to follow.
15 December 2017 - Mr. Conway represented a Marine in Okinawa accused of 5 specifications of hazing, 5 specifications of maltreatment, 4 specifications of assault, and 1 specification of destruction of military property. The most serious allegations included misuse of a taser on subordinates. Mr. Conway negotiated a deal dismissing the maltreatment allegations and reducing the destruction of property allegation to a value under $500.00. The Marine received a 6 month sentence and discharge. Forfeitures of pay and allowances were deferred.
13 December 2017 - Mr. Myers successfully appealed adverse information included in a Navy Commander's Official Military Personnel File through Navy PERS. Removal of the adverse information resulted in the termination of a Board of Inquiry.
6 December 2017 - Mr. Myers was successful in obtaining a change in a DD 214 reason for separation from “personality disorder” to “Secretarial Authority” before the Air Force Discharge Review Board.
5 December 2017 - A Navy grade determination board retained Mr. Myers, Navy Officer client in the grade of 0-5 (CDR) despite allegations of misconduct.
4 December 2017 - Mr. Conway represented a Soldier accused of manslaughter and drug use. The manslaughter charge involved a horrific auto accident. Using accident reconstruction engineers, we successfully mitigated the case and the Soldier received a 6 month sentence.
21 November 2017 - Mr. Conway represented a private at Kaiserslautern, Germany accused of an indecent act, multiple instances of drug use, drug distribution, wrongful introduction of a drug onto a military installation, and multiple violations of lawful orders. We negotiated a deal that resulted in some charges being dismissed. The Soldier was in pretrial confinement. It was basically a time served deal. The judge did not impose a punitive discharge during the guilty plea.
17 November 2017 - Mr. Conway represented a Staff Sergeant in Vincenza, Italy accused of two specifications of Abusive Sexual Contact, one spec of assault, one spec of maltreatment, and one spec of attempting to have an improper relationship. After an enlisted trial, the Staff Sergeant was found not guilty of all charges and specifications.
9 November 2017 - Mr. Pristera represented a Navy Senior Chief with over 16 years service. He tested positive with over 800 ng/ml of cocaine. The board voted to separate him with an Honorable discharge.
15 October 2017 - Mr. Pristera represented an Army Reserve Colonel through multiple investigations, over the course of more than a year, into travel fraud, government travel card misuse, and DTS fraud. After a tremendous effort, the client has been exonerated of all accusations and will retire with his rank. There were two separate AR 15-6 (administrative) investigations, both with a senior colonel as the investigating officer, and both resulting in findings of misconduct. (the second investigation was initiated after the first was disapproved by the CG). After the reports were referred to the client for rebuttal, Mr. Pristera successfully rebutted both investigations. Both were closed and the findings were disapproved by the CG.
13 October 2017 - Mr. Conway represented a Marine lance corporal accused of 11 specifications of hazing, maltreatment, assault, obstruction of justice, and communicating a threat. After a vigorous representation, he was found not guilty of all charges and specifications. The case was covered by the Marine Corps Times here and here.
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8 September 2017 - July 2017 Navy Court-Martial Results
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The "Handbook of Crimes and Defense in the Military" authored by Mr. Myers and Mr. Conway and published last year by Thomson Reuters.
