A Mistake I Won’t Repeat – in Military Justice

I broke one of the most sacred rules of military criminal defense: Don’t evaluate a case (or especially the man) based solely on the government’s investigation and case file. As I reviewed an ...

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What My Client Taught Me for Military Justice

I have started this blog-post many times.  Let’s see if I can get it done.  Honestly, it feels really strange to let go of a case that I have been fighting for three years.  Feels even stranger ...

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“Remote Live Testimony in Military Child Sexual Abuse Cases – Do Not Roll Over to Rover”

Across jurisdictions there have been an increase in the number of motions filed by government counsel to deny military accused’s the right to confront their child accusers. These motions ask ...

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A Changed Man in Military Justice

Yesterday, I helped a young man navigate a guilty plea to sexually assaulting two women. Our firm was successful in reversing his convictions, and the family hired me to represent him on the ...

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Gauntlet Thrown – New SVC / VLC Writ Likely in Military Justice

In pretrial motions of a general court-martial that is being litigated at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, the complainant’s special victim counsel just threw her second notice that she is ...

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Part II Sexual Assault in the Military and the Presumption of Innocence

By Peter Kageleiry, Jr. UNITED STATES v. SILVA Last year I submitted an appellate brief on behalf of Master Sergeant Michael Silva that resulted in his conviction for rape x 3 being set aside.  ...

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Part I Sexual Assault In The Military And The Presumption Of Innocence

By Peter Kageleiry, Jr. Very rarely the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF) issues an opinion that forces military prosecutors to abandon a well-established but fundamentally unfair ...

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DNA Swabs, Genealogy, and Privacy in Military Justice

DNA’s Role in “Catching” the Golden State Killer It was by pure coincidence that I finished Michelle McNamara’s posthumously published book, “I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: One Woman’s ...

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Holistic Approach to Defending in Military Justice

As I think about how to make my practice better and ways to innovate military justice practice, I constantly return to trying to find ways of helping clients navigate their experience.  As part of ...

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The Heart of a Gladiator – For Military Justice

This past week, the Army JAG Corps lost two of its own.  One out on a run before work.  The other by his own hand.  Though some may deign to judge that one loss is greater than the other, I ...

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