Washington DC Military Lawyers

I travel the world representing U.S. military personnel and their families in court-martial trials, adverse administrative actions, and security clearance appeals. I am ready, able, and willing to travel to anywhere there is a U.S. military facility for representation. I come prepared with my office-in-a-briefcase. For example, I was the first civilian lawyer to travel to Iraq in October 2003, for trials, and I have been back to Iraq and to Afghanistan seven times since. I am President of the National Institute of Military Justice, a non-profit organization dedicated to education about and advocacy for a fair military...

Practice primarily limited to representation before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Board of Veterans Appeals, the VA Regional Offices, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and select VA medical malpractice and qui tam whistleblower cases involving SDVOSB fraud and defense contractor fraud. Represents veterans worldwide on VA appeals. Also, represent a small, select group of private clients on unique and sensitive matters. Our founding partner is an author and lecturer in this specialized field of Federal Appellate law. He travels...

Mr. Kornacki is a former U.S. Army Judge Advocate with over 15 years of military personnel law and courts-martial experience. Before pursuing private practice in military law, Mr. Kornacki served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps in 1st Armored Division Office of Staff Judge Advocate in Baumholder, Germany. He deployed to Contingency Operations Base Speicher, near Tikrit, Iraq, for 15 months (Task Force Iron - Multi-National Division North). After his deployment, he served in Wiesbaden, Germany, and Fort Lee, Virginia. During his active duty service, Mr. Kornacki defended Soldiers in courts-martial, separation boards,...

Dedicated to fighting discrimination in the workplace, Stephanie has spent her entire career helping public and private sector employees overcome unlawful personnel actions based on factors such as their race, sex, national origin, disability, military service, and age. As an Associate at Tully Rinckey PLLC, she concentrates her practice on federal labor and employment law, routinely representing employees before United States District Courts, Appeals Courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). She has extensive experience with cases involving violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Rehabilitation...