Military Cases

No matter your rank or your military specialty, no matter whether you have had a long career of service to our country or are in the middle of boot camp, there is one shared experience that binds all servicemembers together: you have raised your right hand and sworn a selfless oath to protect and defend our Constitution and the precious freedoms that define us as Americans.

You have accepted and embraced the potential of being put in harm's way to fulfill your duty.  But what can be very hard to accept is that sometimes, merely because of your status as a servicemember, you can find yourself in harm's way in the form of a court-martial or other military disciplinary proceeding.  And it can seem that those same freedoms -- those you swore to fight and die for -- are denied you.

A military court-martial is a unique procedure that has the twin purpose of doing justice and promoting military discipline.  Each individual court-martial is convened by the accused's own commanding officer or flag officer.  A convening authority has an immense amount of power to shape the process of the accused's trial.  As a result, the process is driven to a large extent by that commander's own personality, judgment, fairness, and personal sense of right and wrong.

Can you imagine a system where the very person who thinks you committed a crime and wants to prosecute you for it is the same person who personally hand-picks the pool of potential jurors for your case?  If you're facing court-martial, you don't have to imagine it.  You're in it.

So when justice for an individual servicemember begins to take a back seat to a commander's desire to make an example out of someone, it's time for a strong defense counsel to step in and work to balance the scales on behalf of the accused.

Brian Bouffard took the same oath you did.  And he understands that the most important way to defend our Constitution is to vigorously champion the rights that it guarantees for every individual -- soldier, sailor, airman, Marine, guardsman, or civilian -- against the heavy hand of governmental and military authority.  Because if no one forces the government to respect our Constitution, then it ceases to be a Constitution at all.  It becomes nothing but a meaningless piece of paper. 

Brian has the superior training and experience to handle any type of military investigation or court-martial.  Contact Brian immediately if you -- or your son or daughter -- are facing any military criminal issues, such as:

• Investigation by NCIS, CID, OSI, or any other law enforcement agency
• Article 15 Nonjudicial Punishment (also known as Captain’s Mast or Office Hours)
• Article 32 Investigation
• Summary, Special, or General Court-Martial

If you already have an assigned, active-duty defense counsel, you STILL have the right to hire counsel of your choice.  If you hire Brian, he will be in charge of your defense, and you have the right to keep your active-duty defense counsel on the case as Brian's co-counsel.

You've sworn to fight for all of us.  You deserve someone who will stand up and fight for you.  Contact my firm.