Our Military Lawyers Have The Courtroom Experience And The Track Record To Win Your Court-Martial. CONSIDER OUR RECENT CASE RESULTS (See Below and under “Notable Cases”).
Mickey Williams, Atty. at Law
- Former JAG Defense Counsel,
- Former Part-Time Military Magistrate,
- Former JAG Prosecutor,
- Former Article 32 Investigating Officer,
- Former Legal Advisor to Investigating Officers under UCMJ and for Financial Loss Investigations,
- Infantryman Who Served In Ranger Regiment,
- Iraq and Afghanistan Combat Vet,
- Over 100 Combat Missions, Operating With Navy SEALs, Green Berets, Air Force Pararescue (PJ) and Delta Force,
- Veteran Trial Lawyer AND
- Licensed To Practice In ALL Military Courts.
Ernesto Gapasin, Atty. at Law
Ernesto Gapasin, Atty. at Law- Former JAG Defense Counsel and Senior Defense Counsel,
- Former Part-Time Military Magistrate,
- Former JAG Prosecutor,
- Former Legal Advisor for Summary Courts-Martial Officers,
- Former Article 32 Legal Advisor,
- Former Legal Advisor to Investigating Officers,
- Iraq Combat Vet who also served overseas in Okinawa, Japan and Korea,
- Top 100 National Trial Lawyer,
- Veteran Trial Lawyer For 19 Years, Admitted to the United States Supreme Court AND
- Licensed To Practice In ALL Military Courts.
Robert Capovilla, Atty. at Law
- Former JAG Defense Counsel and Prosecutor,
- Former Special Assistant United States Attorney (SAUSA),
- Former Part-Time Military Magistrate,
- Former Legal Advisor to Investigating Officers,
- Former Article 32 Hearing Officer,
- Former Ethics Advisor To Division Commanding General (CG),
- Air Assault Wings, Overseas Tour, Veteran Trial Lawyer, VA Accredited AND
- Licensed To Practice In ALL Military Courts.
Nathan Freeburg, Atty. at Law
- Former JAG Defense Counsel,
- Former Training Officer and Expert Litigator for “DCAP” (Defense Counsel Assistance Program),
- Former JAG Prosecutor and Chief of Military Justice,
- Former Court-Martial Trial Instructor for “CLE” Courses (Continuing Legal Education),
- Taught Trial Skills and Courtroom Tactics to Hundreds of JAGs and Civilian Lawyers across the United States, Germany and South Korea,
- Iraq Combat Vet,
- Veteran Trial Lawyer For 15 Years, VA Accredited, Admitted to U.S. Court of Appeals for Veteran’s Claims AND
- Licensed To Practice In ALL Military Courts.
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Fox2 News covers high-profile military trial and interviews lead defense counsel, Mr. Gapasin.
Consider These Results:
(Note: Your Location Does Not Matter. Our Civilian Military Lawyers Represent Clients Wherever The Military Is Stationed. In ALL 50 States and Worldwide.)
December 20, 2018, U.S. v. E-6, United States Navy, Fort Meade, Maryland. Petty Officer is accused of wrongfully using cocaine after his positive urinalysis. Petty Officer has over 15 years of active duty service and served numerous tours overseas to include Iraq. While overseas the Petty Officer injured his back that required multiple back surgeries. He is then prescribed multiple pain medications over nine years to include the highly addictive fentanyl. The over prescription of drugs and the poor results of multiple back surgeries cause debilitating effects for the Petty Officer. The drugs lower his testosterone levels, upset his brain chemistry, and give him an addiction that he tries to cure, but unsuccessfully. He visits his pain management doctor at Walter Reed and they discuss Kratom, a natural substance known for its ability to aid during opioid withdrawals. Based on the advice of his doctor, the Petty Officer begins to take Kratom. However, one of the batches of Kratom that the Petty Officer ingests is tainted with a very low amount of cocaine which causes the positive urinalysis test. Petty Officer explains this to his command who is unsympathetic and attempts to separate him from the Navy. If he gets separated, he would lose all medical benefits and an approved Medical Retirement. Petty Officer retains GCW Law. Mickey Williams begins working the case and interviews several witnesses. Williams interviews the uncooperative doctor who will not testify on the client’s behalf because Kratom is a prohibited substance in the Navy. Additionally, the command refuses to test the tainted Kratom that would prove the client was telling the truth. The SJA office and the client’s command refuses to turn over any evidence to Mr. Williams. Williams obtains copies of his client’s medical records that indicate that he has discussed taking Kratom with his doctor. Williams also finds a witness who will testify that his client and the doctor discussed Kratom. Mr. Williams is also able to find a home drug test kit that proves the Kratom is laced with cocaine. At the separation board, Mr. Williams points out the gross callousness of the Navy who was willing to end the Petty Officer’s career but not give him the benefit of the doubt. Mr. Williams points out to the board how the Government played games in attempting to deny the client any of the evidence to defend himself. RESULT: Allegations UNSUBSTANTIATED. FULLY RETAINED. No Loss of Benefits, No Loss of Medical Retirement, No Punishment.
December 13, 2018, U.S. v. E-4, United States Army, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Government accuses Specialist (SPC) of sexual assault. The SPC hires a civilian counsel from another law firm and that civilian counsel tells the SPC that he “has very little chance to win the case,” and that the best the SPC could hope for was to plead guilty. The Government denies the SPC’s offer to plead guilty and informs the SPC that they want at least 5 years confinement and want him to register as a sex offender. The SPC retains GCW Law. Mr. Robert Capovilla immediately files a Motion for Expert Assistance and, upon thoroughly reviewing the evidence, discovers that there are missing text messages that may hold the key to the client’s innocence. Mr. Capovilla wins the Motion for Expert Assistance despite the Government’s objections and forces the Government to turn over all text messages sent by the alleged “victim” from the night in question. Upon receiving the text messages, Capovilla is able to argue before the panel that the alleged “victim” lied to CID, the police, and the prosecutors and that her time line of events did not make sense. Capovilla successfully impeaches the alleged victim’s friends whom the Government called to incriminate the client. Moreover, after an Article 39(a) motions hearing, Mr. Capovilla convinces the Military Judge to suppress any statements the alleged victim made to the Sex Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) whom the Government called to prove the client was guilty. After three days of trial and several hours of motions, the Enlisted Panel rendered its findings RESULT: FULL ACQUITTAL. NO Confinement, NO Discharge, NO Federal Conviction, NO Sex Offender Registration. The Specialist returned to his unit with plans of becoming a Special Operator.
November 30, 2018, U.S. v. E-7, United States Army, Fort Benning, Georgia. Sergeant First Class in the 75th Ranger Regiment, is accused of slamming his wife’s head into a wall two times, choking her, punching her in the face several times, and preventing her from leaving the house. SFC denies the allegations but a police officer who was dispatched to the SFC’s home states that the SFC admitted to the officer that he hit his wife several times which led to his arrest. The police officer also takes pictures at the scene that included dents in a wall and pictures of his wife’s face. The command immediately moves to separate SFC from the Army. SFC immediately retains GCW Law to represent him. Mr. Robert Capovilla and Mr. Mickey Williams begin working on his case. They discover that the story the client’s wife tells compared to the evidence collected does not match. Nothing in the photographs indicate that the wife was punched several times. They learn that the wife had been caught cheating on her husband numerous times and that most who knew her believed her to be a dishonest person. Capovilla and Williams also discover that client’s wife made a false police report in the past. Only two days before the scheduled hearing, the Government reveals that the wife would not be testifying and instead submitted a letter describing the events that occurred that night. The wife states in her letter that her injuries included knots on her head, hemorrhages in both her eyes, a concussion and bruises all over her body. She also makes additional allegations, including rape. At the hearing Mr. Williams aggressively cross-examines the police officer and elicits how client’s wife displayed virtually no injuries and how the police officer could not clearly recall what happened that night. Williams introduces character statements that describe the wife as dishonest and untrustworthy. He also displays photographs of the wife the day after the incident that demonstrate she suffered none of the injuries she claimed in her letter. RESULT: Allegations UNSUBSTANTIATED. Client is RETAINED. NO Involuntary Separation, NO loss of VA benefits, NO loss of Medical benefits, NO loss of military benefits, NO loss of retirement.
November 25, 2018, U.S. v. E-5, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps Recruiting Depot, San Diego, California. Marine Sergeant is accused of conspiracy, effecting unlawful enlistment, misprision of a serious offense, making false statements and other offenses. The case is preferred and then referred to a Special Court-Martial and Sergeant retains GCW Law to fight on his behalf. Shortly after GCW files its Notice of Representation, the client’s command makes multiple attempts to have the Client and Mr. Freeburg agree to a plea deal. Unlike a lot of detailed JAG defense counsel, Freeburg doesn’t bite. Instead, Freeburg advises his client to decline negotiations and take an aggressive posture. Client follows Freeburg’s advice. Mr. Freeburg then files five aggressive, lengthy motions to the Military Judge seeking to dismiss various charges. Freeburg and the client prepare for trial. Shortly before the Article 39(a) motions hearing is held, the Staff Judge Advocate and the client’s command dismiss the case rather than respond to the motions. RESULT: DISMISSAL of ALL Charges just before motions hearing. NO Federal Conviction, NO Confinement, NO Discharge.
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Local news channel interviews Mickey Williams about active shooter case at Fort Campbell.
Why Hire GCW Law Military Lawyers?
Exclusively Focused On Military Criminal Defense And Separation Boards.
Gapasin, Capovilla & Williams, LLP is an aggressive, top-quality law firm of Military Defense Attorneys that are DEDICATED to Military Criminal Defense and Separation Boards. Our cases have been reported on by hundreds of media outlets across the country and around the world, to include: CNN, Fox News, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Time, USA Today, 60 Minutes, Stars and Stripes, Air Force Times, Army Times, Navy Times, Associated Press, The New York Times, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Las Vegas Sun, among many others.
(Note: Your Location Does Not Matter. We Represent Clients Wherever The Military Is Stationed.)
The Best Defense Is An Early Defense. Having The Right Military Lawyer On Your Side From Day 1 Is The Key To A Successful Defense.
Are You Facing A Similar Legal Situation?
- Military law enforcement wants your permission to search your home, computer, and personal things?
- You are the next target of the military’s overly aggressive sexual assault policy?
- You are being investigated and no one has told you why and even your command refuses to give you any details?
- Your commander orders you to write out a “sworn” statement about what happened even though you want legal advice?
- You go to an off-post restaurant and see the prosecutors in your case having lunch with your detailed JAG lawyer?
- An officer was appointed to investigate your legal situation and wants you to come in and write out a statement?
- Your detailed JAG lawyer keeps telling you to sign off on the discharge for an Other Than Honorable Discharge even though you want to stay in the military?
- Military law enforcement told you that agreeing to do a polygraph was the best way of closing the investigation against you?
- Your chain of command, the prosecutor and your detailed JAG lawyer tell you that taking nonjudicial punishment is your best choice even though you are innocent and want to fight the allegations?
- You are being told that if you agree to nonjudicial punishment rather than a court-martial, your unit promises not to initiate separation proceedings afterwards — but they don’t want to put it in writing?
- Did you sign a sworn statement against your will or without knowing your rights?
- Your detailed JAG lawyer is trying to convince you that you will be convicted if you don’t sign the guilty plea even though you already told him that you are in fact innocent?
If so, call Gapasin, Capovilla & Williams, LLP so you know your rights and what to do when you are facing these life and career-threatening situations. Fill out the form to the left, click “Submit”, and we will call you shortly for your free telephone consultation.
Remember, a quick plea deal may not be in your best interests, and may wreck your life down the road. Ask yourself: 5 years from now, when you look back on this decision to take the deal and not to fight the charges, is that a decision you’re going to regret? The answer is almost always yes — especially when your free military lawyer forces you to take a deal you don’t want. Call us. We will discuss all of your options with you, not just a guilty plea.
If you are facing an investigation or if you are pending charges for any of these offenses, whether it is for nonjudicial punishment (e.g., Article 15, Mast, Office Hours or a Summary Court-Martial), or for Special or General Courts-Martial, call Gapasin, Capovilla & Williams, LLP as soon as possible. Be warned, any mistakes you or your free, detailed military lawyer make early in the process will haunt you for the rest of the case. It is critical that you have experienced counsel right away.
What A Recent Client Had To Say . . .
“Mickey, Rob and the other lawyers at GCW saved both my career and future. I contacted GCW shortly after I was notified that the Army intended to separate me. GCW informed me of the steps the Army would make and helped me get my defense packet together. Thankfully I had them on my case because my Army appointed lawyer from TDS tried to get me investigated by CID. Rob was able to get that TDS attorney kicked off my case and got me a TDS attorney from another post. Rob handled all contact with the military prosecution and let me know everything that the Army was doing behind the scene. The Army set a board date that Rob was not able to make because of another trial, so after a conference between Rob, Mickey and I, we decided not to give the Army more time to prepare, and Mickey took up the case. Mickey came down the day before the board to go over all the evidence, character statements, and my testimony multiple times with me. I went into the separation board with a plan of action, confident and prepared. Mickey destroyed the military prosecutor, and the board found me not guilty. I had 12 years of decorated service in special operations. GCW saved my career, retirement and VA benefits. I would not trust another law firm with my future on the line. If you find yourself in trouble with the military, contact GCW before you say or do anything.” — ZS, 2 Dec 2018.
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You, your family, and your career are our top priorities. Gapasin, Capovilla & Williams, LLP will aggressively defend you to protect your rights, to win your case, and to give you your day in court. If you are serious about hiring a military defense attorney to defend you, call or email us now and we can discuss your matter privately and in confidence. We focus on winning tough cases.
