Criminal Appeals Attorneys

Navigating the Road to Redemption

If you have been convicted by a military court-martial, it may feel like you are lost and alone. However, an experienced appeals attorney, like the team at The Military Defense Firm, can help you see a way ahead.

It is very difficult to succeed in life with a military conviction in your background. Your educational opportunities, employment offers, living circumstances, and future plans may all be limited by the circumstances of your conviction. If you’re in that position, it may seem impossible for your case to be overturned on appeal.

The key to success in criminal appeals is to have a dedicated, intelligent, and experienced appeals attorney closely working your case. Military law is confusing and complicated, and the road to redemption after a court-martial conviction is hard to walk alone. The Military Defense Firm employs some of the most experienced military appeals attorneys in the country. We will not stop fighting for you, even if you feel like the odds are against you. We fight until the very end.

Our Process

1. Comprehensive Investigation

Not only do we close review your court-martial record, we comprehensively investigate the allegations against you. We search for new evidence that may help your appeal, and we find every error that occurred in your case.

2. Compassionate Approach

We know the difficult position you are in. We approach your case with compassion and understanding, looking for every angle to win on appeal.

3. Persuasive Appellate Brief

Our team of experienced appellate attorneys are trained to think and write in the most persuasive ways. Our written brief supporting your appeal will attack every error and examine every angle to get you the best result.

4. World-Class Oral Advocacy

If the appeals court decides to hear oral argument in your case, our team will deliver world class oral advocacy to fight for your appeal. We are known across the military for our appellate advocacy skills.

Appeal Options

Military members who are convicted by a court-martial have many options for filing a criminal appeal, to include:

Service courts, such as the Army Court of Criminal Appeals, the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, or the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals;
The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; and
The United States Supreme Court.

Our team of military criminal appeals specialists can help you navigate the appeals process.

Issues on Appeal

The experience appeals attorneys at The Military Defense Firm work tirelessly to investigate your case and identify errors that were committed at your court-martial. Some common issues that we identify on appeal include:

Prosecutorial misconduct
Improper use of evidence
Factual insufficiency (not enough evidence for conviction)
Improper rulings by the military judge
Improper testimony by an alleged victim

Appeals Timelines

First and foremost, it is important that you get the best defense attorneys working on your case as soon as you can after a conviction. There is a deadline for filing a notice of appeal, and if you miss that deadline, your chance to appeal may be lost.

However, it is also important to know that appeals take times. The service courts (like the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals) may take a year or two to decide your case. If you then appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Armed Force, your appeal may take another year or two to be finalized.

The Military Defense Firm is dedicated to being there with you at every step along the way.